Thunderbird Magazine, Spring 1983

For those of you who have been receiving the
Thunderbird Magazine, Sonia V. Thurmond is a name
that is immediately recognized. Beginning her long
career as Director of Communications and Editor of the
alumni magazine in 1968, Sonia spent the past 15 years
getting to know her readers, developing close personal
relationships with many of them in the course of her
work. In November, she resigned from the position,
leaving behind a group of admiring alumni, students,
faculty and staff.
In December, Sonia accepted a scholarship in the
History Department at American University in
Washington, D.C., where she is working towards her
Bachelor's Degree. From the Alumni/Communications
Staff, we wish her the best of luck in her studies.
We extend our appreciation to the alumni and
communications office staff, the school administration,
and faculty for their support and assistance.
-Nancy]. Greenberg '83
-Steven C. Spitts '83
To my:
Thunderbird
Friends,
Your editor has asked me for a short piece for this issue
since I didn't have time for a proper goodbye before I left.
I had wanted to attend American University after I
graduated from high school ill the Washington, D.C. area.
Life, however, brought me to Arizona, where I became
associated with AGSIM. I was also plugging away at night
elasses, getting the first two years of college under my belt.
Late last year I applied for admission to A. U. and received a
small private grant. Just before the spring term I was selected
for a Presidential Scholar award. I grabbed the opportunity,
and here I am in the second half of my junior year, a full-time
stude1lt at A. U.
I love Washington and its intellectual and cultural
stimulation. However, I do miss AGSIM and all the
wonderful people there, illeluding all my alumni friends, after
spending more than 15 years of my life at the school and
being a part of its evolutiOll from AIFT to TGSIM to
AGSIM. I miss dealing with all of you, but it is time ill my
life for new things. I take with me the warm, wonderful and
rewarding experience of having known all of you.
SOIlia Thurmond
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CONTENTS
WINTERIM '83: A DIFFERENT
KIND OF LEARNING
A look at the current program and its
historical development
A SALUTE TO DR. FRANK
JACKLE 1902-1982
SILVER REUNION:
CLASS OF '57
IN MEMORIAM TO MABEL
ERICKSON, 1918-1983
INTERVIEW: AGSIM'S WORLD
BUSINESS MAESTRO
Steve Spitts talks with Dr. Cox about his
recent appointment to President Reagan's
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PROFILE: LORNA WRIGHT
'82 Alumna and ESL instructor
NEWS
SPECIAL REPORT: MEXICAN
BANKING AND ECONOMIC
CRISES
Excerpts from Dr. Paul Dickie's speech to
local alumni
THE BULLFIGHT
David Clay, '49, shares his experiences in the
arena
lDONDE ESTAN?
lQUE PASA?
UPDATES
Alumni Director and Publisher: Thomas Kidd
Editors: Nancy J. Greenberg '83
Steven C. Spitts '83
Special Assistant: Kim Thornton
Alumni Office Staff:
Cathy Benoit
Diane Bridgman
Donna Cleland
Cassy Appin '83
Suzette Gumz '83
Michael Keane '84
Mitra Mehanian '83
Rajesh Thacker '83
Front cover:
Shown are the logos of the companies who were
represented at the CEO Conference during the
Winterim '83. Also present for the conference, but not
depicted on the cover, was San Diego State University.
WINTERIM 83:
A Different
Kind of
Learning
Learning from "the masters" is a
technique as old as education
itself. Students have studied the
works of leaders in all disciplines;
in art, philosophy, science, and
even in the field of business. At
AGSIM, this method was put to
the test during Winterim 1983,
when executive representatives
from more than 50 major domestic
and international corporations,
institutions, and government
agencies served as guest "teacher"
lecturers in the World Business
Conferences.
The list of those in attendance,
which includes speakers from the
Continental Grain Company,
Motorola, Chase Manhattan Bank,
Continental Trust, American
Express Banking, Hunt-Wesson -­to
name a few -- sounds more like
a meeting of the Fortune 500 Club,
a testament to the assertion that
these executives are indeed the
leaders in their fields. With a
schedule of such impressive
visitors, and higher than ever
enrollment figures, this Winterim
promised to be the most exciting in
the ten-year existence of the
program. Judging from the
responses of the students and
faculty in retrospect, it was indeed
a success, generating much
enthusiasm for the program's
potential in the corning years.
Highlighting the Winterim
curriculum this January was the
new CEO Seminar, in addition to
the three established conferences:
Agribusiness, In terna tional
Banking, and Insurance and Risk
Management. The Chief Executive
Office Seminar was designed by
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To AGSIM's credit, we had several
alumni rehlrn to campus to lecture at the
World Business Conferences. Special
thanks for their attendance go to:
Alfred F. Miossi '48, executive vice
president and director, Continental
Illinois National Bank; John A. Warner,
'48, CEO, Sabritas S.A. de C. V. Mexico;
W.F. Quinn Jr. '54, vice president and
director of insurance, Phibro-Salomon,
Inc.; Daniel T. Jacobsen '59, chief
auditor, Citibank, N.A.; Edward R.
McCutcheon '62, vice president, Royal
Bank of Canada; J. Mark Paden, '67,
senior vice president, North Carolina
National Bank; Gary Hinshaw '79,
account executive, Johnson & Higgins;
and Thomas J. Brennan '79, director,
American Soybean Association, Vienna,
Austria.
- Nancy J. Greenberg
Dr. Clifton B. Cox, chairman of the
World Business Department and
former CEO of Armour and
Company, and Dr. Carl Frear,
professor and past executive with
General Electric. Organized around
a series of lectures given by former
and present chief executive officers
from major U.S. corporations, the
purpose of the course was to
provide the students with an
understanding of strategy and
policy development and imple­mentation
from the CEO's
perspective; it was intended to
show a top-down view of
managemen t.
The content of the individual
sessions ranged from systematic
decision-making to the issue of
women in the CEO chair, and was
found to be "thought provoking"
by the students. The information
revolution, selecting the corporate
board, customer satisfaction, and
the business of energy were also
among the topics addressed. Bart
Kornhorst, a second semester
student who was enrolled in the
course had this to say regarding
the class material and methods:
"I loved the opportunity to test
class-learned management
principles against the practical
applications a top manager would
use. I was happy to learn that
when applied fleXibly, the class
material translated well. The
structure of the course didn't take
the form of rote, textbook learning
that is common to so many classes.
We found that personal knowledge
and experience possessed by the
CEOs was the basis of
instruction. "
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And he wasn't the only one
satisfied with the shape the course
took. According to feedback
received by Dr. Frear, many of the
students thought it was the "single
greatest experience in their
business curriculum."
For many of the executives, the
seminar was their first contact with
AGSIM. The CEOs from Hercules,
Anderson-Clayton, American
Express Banking, Hunt-Wesson
and Arthur Andersen were all new
to the Thunderbird Campus. The
main reason for their visit was
simply that they were invited. "If
their schedules allowed them, then
they generally accepted," Dr. Cox
explained, and many of them have
expressed a desire to return to the
campus to lecture again. They
were not, however, brought here
for the purpose of recruiting.
"But," added Dr. Cox, "Being that
they are interested in international
business fields, we are particularly
hopeful that they become
interested in us as a resource for
future recruiting and employment.
Our idea is to have chief
executives acquainted with the
school, familiar with the school,
contributing to the school, and
hiring from the school."
Carol Schma, a student in the
CEO Seminar, felt that there was a
"door opening" of sorts, because,
as she explained,
"It was indicated that executives
would be more interested in
speaking with potential employees
that they already were familiar
with, and had personal contact
with. "
This new seminar seems to have
come through its initiation period
smoothly and successfully, with
every indication that the course
will appear again in the Winterim
roster. As Dr. Carl Frear expressed
it, "The CEO Seminar was a
rousing success."
The same degree of enthusiasm
was shown for the three other
conferences, held once again this
year, in Agribusiness, International
Banking, and International
Insurance and Risk Management.
The oldest among them, the
Agribusiness Conference,
completed its seventh year,
presenting twenty-five speakers
from the private and public
sectors, both domestic and
international. They provided a
superlative overview of
international trade, production,
marketing and management in the
field of Agriculture. "The pace was
very difficult and very intense,"
said Dr. Robert Foster, the course
director, in a recap of the program.
Speakers from the World Bank,
the Continental Grain Company,
and the W. K. Kellogg Foundation
were among the institutions
represented. A featured segment
of the program, international trade
problems, was treated by the
Honorable Richard Lyng, Deputy
Secretary of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, who has headed
numerous U.S. negotiating efforts
to lower trade barriers of the
European Common Market and
Japan. In order to present the issue
After lecturing 011 the topics of futures
markets, Dr. Ted Rice, vice president of
the Continental Grain Company, addressed
a group of students at an informal meeting
held in the Goldwater Lounge.
Dr. Natasha Josefowitz, professor of
mallagement at the San Diego State
University al1d guest lecturer at the CEO
conference, spoke before a group of women
students alld faculty members 011 tlze topic
of "Women in Management-Paths to
Power. "
The History of
Winterim
The intensive, three-week long
teaching/learning session we call
Winterim, has evolved with an
innovative character over the past
decade. It has become a showcase for
AGSIM in two respects: it offers the
students courses which would
logistically be impossible to plan for
during the regular semester, namely the
World Business Conferences, with their
host of guest lecturers, and it also allows
the professors to experiment with new
courses on a smaller scale and in a more
condensed fonn, facilitating quicker
evaluation of each class and its potential
for eventual entry into the regular
curriculum. The result is that often topics
taught during Winterim at AGSIM are
unique; they simply are not treated
elsewhere.
But Winterim has not always been of
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sucll forward-looking nature. It was
originally designed as a pragmatic
solution to a veYlf timell( economic
problem. The program was introduced in
1973 in answer to Regulation 14138 F of
tile GI Bill of Rights, which stated that,
"payment of educational benefits will
not be authorized for . .. intervals
between terms at the same school whicll
span a full calendar month or more." At
a time when one-third of the student
body was made up of veterans, the
January break between AGSIM's Fall and
Spring semesters caused this group of
students many problems. In order to fill
the time gap and allow collection of
educational benefits, a short program of
study was instituted.
Winterim did not begin with the wide
selection of courses it offers today, nor
was the registration rate anywhere near
the mark it hit this past year. In the first
Winterim session, there were 124
students enrolled, choosing their course
from among five World Business classes,
Two Agribusiness students, Dave Seed
'83, and Stephen Jelinek '83 prepared for
their case presentations while sampling
Sabritas products.
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one International Studies course, and
several advanced language sessions.
During Jamlanj, 1983, by comparison,
422 students were registered in a total of
19 courses, eig11t of them now being
taught in the IS Department. Seminars
on Modern Saudi Arabia, Western
Europe, Britain, and Asia are all
available to the Winterim student today,
as well as courses in cross-cultural
communications, economic development
and social change, and U.S. foreign
policy. In the Language Department, a
three week trip to Paris to study the
culture, along with the language, was
added to the roster.
In just ten years, the Winterim
program has progressed from an
experiment, an idea conceived out of
student necessity, to one of the most
worthwhile programs the AGSIM student
can participate in. While at one time, no
one was sure of its feasibility, today, no
one questions its success. Winterim
works - and people like it.
from the other perspectives as
well, Toshio Kanai, a senior official
from Japan's ministry of
Agriculture and William Gaillard,
of the European Community
Media Delegation also lectured on
the subject.
The case method of learning was
utilized in the program this year,
with students responsible for
presenting their ideas regarding
particular problems to a group of
executives from Sabritas, S.A. de
C.V. Mexico, a subsidiary of
PepsiCo, Inc. The company CEO,
John Warner, '48, aT-Bird
alumnus and recipient of the 1981
Jonas Mayer Award, was a
member of the panel hearing the
presentations. He found the
exercise interesting and beneficial
for him and his company as well.
"They (the students) got me to
thinking about it from a more
distant perspective . . . They
explored the problems in depth. I
can only say positive things about
what I've gained from these
meetings."
Similar feelings of satisfaction
with the International Banking
Conference and the International
Insurance and Risk Management
Seminar prevailed. An impressive
total of 27 major banking and other
financial institutions shared their
expertise at the International
Banking Conference organized by
Dr. Taeho Kim, a Fulbright fellow
whose professional area of
concentration is in international
banking, monetary theory,
econometrics, and international
business finance. The course
content dealt with the nature of
international banking services and
comparative philosophies of
foreign banks.
The International Insurance and
Risk Management Seminar, funded
this year by a grant from Johnson
and Higgins, was conducted by
Dr. Robert Carter, a visiting
professor of insurance from the
University of Nottingham. Some of
the topics treated during this
seminar included the measurement
and treatment of multinational
business risks, the nature of
insurance contracts, pricing of
insurance coverages, and
operations of u.s. insurers in
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world markets. Representatives
from insurance brokerage firms,
insurance companies, and risk
management executives from
major corporations served as
lecturers. Based on class
evaluations, Carter rated the
speakers from good to excellent,
their subject content - excellent,
and the knowledge gained by the
students - excellent.
While the Winterim World
Business Conferences are difficult
to plan for, and difficult to control
in terms of content and degree of
repetition from one speaker to
another, they have undoubtedly
become an established and much
appreciated feature of the
curriculum. Consistently
The fo llowillg corporate, agellcy, a/ld
illstitutioll representatives attended the
Winteril11 1983 World Busilless COllferellces,
Jalluary 3-21 .
Chief Executive Officer Seminar
American Express International Banking
Corporation
James R. Green
American Management Association
James L. Hayes
Anderson, Clayton & Company
T. J. Barlow
The Arizona Bank
G. Clarke Bean
Arizona Public Service Company
Keith L. Turley
Arthur Andersen & Company
Duane R. Kullberg
Karl Eller Company
Karl Eller
Cox-Lloyd
Connie Cox
The Del Webb Company
Robert K. Swanson
Hercules, Inc.
Alexander F. Giacco
Hunt-Wesson Foods, Inc.
Fred Rentschler
International Harvester Company
Louis W. Menk
Lincoln Laser
David Lincoln
Motorola
Robert W. Galvin
San Diego State University
Natasha Josefowitz
United Bank of Arizona
James P. Simmons
improving over the years, the
conferences continue to provide
the student with some of the most
valuable lessons in business that
AGSIM has to offer.
Representatives from Sabritas, SA de C. V.
Mexico, including CEO John Warner '48,
(bottol1l row-middle) joined Dr. Robert
Foster (right) in the Thunderbird
auditorium for the Agribusiness students'
case presentations.
International Banking Conference
Bank of America
Maurice G. Friedman
Chase Manhattan Bank
Hortensia Sam pedro
Chemical Bank
James H. Hillestad
Citibank, N.A.
Jack S. Berger
Daniel T. Jacobsen
Seymour R. Rosen
Continental Illinois National Bank
Alfred F. Miossi
F. John Mathis
Crocker National Bank
Roy E. Derevyanik
Deutsche Bank AG
Jens A. Westrick
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Hara Lipman
First Interstate Bank of California
G. Bruce Baker
First National Bank of Chicago (Canada)
Robert D. Haven
First Wisconsin National Bank of
Milwaukee
Douglas R. Stucky
International Monetary Fund
Zoran Hodjera
Manufacturers Hanover Leasing
Corporation
Madeline Bayless-Allen
Manufacturers Hanover Trust
Ole Jacob Diesen
Thomas M. Flattery
Eric A. Fris, Jr.
Mellon Bank, N.A.
Maryellen S. Bagley
National Bank of Detroit
William R. Flynn
North Carolina National Bank
J. Mark Paden
The Northern Trust Company
William L. Wilby
Office of Comptroller of the Currency
William A. Ryback
The Royal Bank of Canada
Edward R. McCutcheon
S.R.I. International
Hans-Martin Tucher
The World Bank
Nicholas C. Hope
International Insurance and Risk
Management
AIG Risk Management, Inc.
Joseph c. Smetana
American International Group
Thomas R. Ripp
Arizona State University
Dr. John O'Connell
Continental Insurance Companies
Martin D. Farrell
Insurance t.xchange of Americas
Alan Teale
Johnson & Higgins
H. A. Reynolds
Doug Smith
Gary Hinshaw
Phibro-Saloman, Inc.
W. F. Quinn, JI.
Talley Industries
Charles L. Lorenz
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Agribusiness Conference
American Soybean Association, Vienna
Thomas Brennan
Banco National de Mexico
Dr. Ken Schwedel
Cargill, Inc.
Dr. John J. Mogush
Continental Grain Company
Dr. Konrad Biederman
J. B. Elliott
Dr. Ted Rice
Dr. Hiram Drache, International
Agribusiness Consultant.
The European Community Media
Delegation
William J. Gaillard
First National Bank of Chicago
1. Donald Gibb
FMC Corporation
George SaywelJ
Robert Hampton, Consultant
The Hesston Corporation
Howard Brenneman
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Dr. Russell Mawby
Livestock Industry Promotion
Corporation
Toshio Kanai
Sabritas, S.A. de C. V. Mexico
John A. Warner
Kurt Fuhrer
Rudy Jacinto
U.S. Department of Agriculture
The Honorable Richard E. Lyng
Valmont Industries
R. A. Wahl, Jr.
World Bank
Dr. W. Graeme Donovan
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
A SALUTE
TO DR.
FRANK
JACKLE
With great sadness, AGSIM
mourned the death this December
of a beloved teacher, Dr. Frank
Jackle, professor emeritus and
retired chairman of the Modern
Languages Department, who was
also instrumental in the
development of the Key Man
executive training programs. In the
Fall 1969 issue of the Thunderbird
magazine, he was recognized by a
piece written by Arthur L.
Peterson, The Sa/ute, from which
the following was reprinted:
"At Thunderbird Graduate
School, Dr. Frank JackIe
personifies this all-important
attitude of insistence on quality
in both the regular and the
Key-Man programs. For your
relentless pursuit of educational
excellence in the language
program and for your twenty
years of devoted leadership to a
language department which is
applauded around the world,
Thunderbird salutes you, Dr.
Frank JackIe."
And our school will never stop
saluting him. Thirteen years later,
when word of his death reached
the alumni, the letters expressing
sorrow and grief began coming in,
particularly from many of the
Silver Reunion attendees who had
a chance to see him only a few
days before his death. Always, in
each letter, there is the familiar
note of praise for a man whose
excellence in his work and in his
friendship was understood by all.
By those alumni to whom he
meant so much, a poem was
written in his memory.
"Not often comes along life's
path
a teacher, a friend, a tower
of love, knowledge and truth
which were his wealth and
power.
We were the children of his
heart
his mind, his spirit, his soul
No matter what our age -
we were his personal goal
Inspiring us to challenges never
dreamed we'd ever tackle
Undying love we give to our
beloved Dr. JackIe."
The Alumni
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"The nostalgia was up to here!"
That's what Ken Seward, chairman
of the Class of '57, had to say
about this December's celebration
held in honor of AGSIM's alumni
of 25 years. Once again, the school
hosted (and toasted) its silver
anniversary class with a two-day
schedule of activities, ceremonies,
and entertaining good times.
For the twenty alumni and wives
who were able to attend, the fun
began with a cocktail party in the
Goldwater Lounge, Thursday
evening, prior to Friday's
graduation exercises. The returning
T-birds, "flying" in from New
York, Texas, Colorado, California,
and Venezuela, not to mention
Arizona, spent the evening
catching up with one another,
hugging, laughing, sharing stories,
and of course-reminiscing. From
Illinois, a "Bird of Paradise" also
flew in, a lovely floral bouquet
sent from James Landolt, a '57
graduate and owner of Hennessey
Florist, who was unfortunately not
able to attend.
President William Voris and
Executive Vice President and Mrs.
Berger Erickson were naturally a
part of the welcoming committee,
which also included many of our
dedicated staff who have served
AGSIM for more than 25 years.
Professors Boller, Esh..s, and
Finney; Lea de Noronha, Martha
Snyder; and the late Dr. JackIe,
were all present to greet the
group. Representing other classes
were Webb Todd '56 who
welcomed the honored guests into
the Silver Circle, and Curgie Pratt,
of the class of '59.
On graduation day, a campus
tour of the new classroom
buildings and library where Mrs.
Lora Jean Wheeler greeted the
alumni. An outdoor luncheon
given at the home of Dr. and Mrs.
Voris, and the ceremony itself
were among the class events. Ken
Silver
Reuruon
Class of '57
Seward, senior vice president and
director of Johnson and Higgins of
New York, and his wife, Jeanette,
received their silver certificates
during the commencement
exercise, along with these 17
graduates from the class of '57:
John J. Arthur, Dean of
Admissions at AGSIM, and his
wife, Jean; David Berkey, a
self-employed realtor in Soquel,
California; Dr. Robert K. Binford, a
retired professor of higher
education in Logan, Utah, and his
wife Anne; Alexander Boggio, a
retired agricultural commodities
international broker; Virgil
Carlson, a CPA in Georgetown,
Texas; Rose and Arthur Carpenter
of Downey, California; George
Grady, a registered representative
The late Dr. Frank Jackie swapped stories
with Earl and Clela Oliver
in the Thunderbird Room.
The silver anniversary alumni and spouses attended the December '83 commencement
during their visit to AGSIM. Pictured are (left to right): Jean Arthur, Alex Boggio, Vergil
Carlson, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Waite, Ann and Donald Schroeder, Oscar and Hope Nunez,
and Lorna and George Grady.
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of Rauscher, Pierce, Refsnes in
Tucson and his wife Ardith; Eve
and Robert Hornstein, of Global
Adventures, Inc., California; and
W. Gene Norman, general
manager of Underwood/Diablitos
Venezolanos, CA. of Venezuela.
Also being honored were Oscar
and Hope Nunez of
CaracaslTucson; Earl Oliver,
finance director of Murieta
Properties in California and his
wife Clela; Ann and Donald
Schroeder, president of Frontier
Ford Tractor of Colorado; Norma
and Gerard Scott, retired vice
president of sales for Cummins
Engine Company of Arizona;
Lorna Grady Small, member of the
border patrol for the U.S.
government in Tucson; Mr. and
Mrs. Leon Waite of Colorado; and
Frank Wallis, account executive
with Imperial Litho of Arizona.
All of the planning, the
telephone calls, and the excitement
led up to "great days, indeed!", to
quote a letter received by the
Alumni Office from Robert
Hornstein. The 1982 Silver
Reunion was the best attended yet,
and responses from the alumni
who were able to meet again
couldn't have been more positive.
So, Class of '58, start making plans
to attend next year. We need you
here to make '83 even better. Keep
December 15th and 16th open on
your calendars as that is the
scheduled date for graduation; and
you can be sure you'll be receiving
plenty of information from us as
your Silver Anniversary with
AGSIM approaches!
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Frank Wallis, Leoll Waite, Dave Berkey, and Norma Scott took a minute to
pose for the camera at the "silver" reception.
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In Memoriam:
Mabel J. Erickson
Mabel J. Erickson, wife of Berger
Erickson, Executive Vice President
of AGSIM, died March 13 after an
extended illness. The Mabel J.
Erickson Memorial Fund has been
established in her honor.
Donations, payable to AGSIM,
may be sent to the AGSIM
Development Office, Thunderbird
Campus, Glendale, AZ 85306.
Mr. and Mrs. Erickson were
married in 1943 and came to
Arizona in 1946. She had been
secretary to General Barton Kyle
Yount while he was with the U.S.
Army Air Force and continued as
his secretary when he established
the school as American Institute of
Foreign Trade.
From 1951 to 1956, she had been
the school's registrar and was
Director of Placement and Alumni
Activities from 1956 until she
resigned in 1962.
Mrs. Erickson attended Texas
Christian University and received a
Bachelor of Foreign Trade from the
American Institute for Foreign
Trade and a B.A. degree from
Grand Canyon College.
She is remembered by a former
school president as one of the
most brilliant and capable persons
he has known. Other colleagues
commented about her beauty, her
intelligence, and devotion to the
school. One of her former
secretaries, who became alumni
relations director, said Mabel was
the nicest boss she ever had.
She is survived by her husband,
a brother, Albin Johnson of
Florida, and a sister, Elna Colomb
of Duluth, MN.
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INTERVIEW:
AGSIM's World
Business Maestro by Steve Spitts
Dr. Clifton B. Cox, department
chairman of World Business here
since December, 1981, provides
students and faculty alike with a
source of encouragement, wealth
and pride; the encouragement of his
example, the wealth Of his
experience and the pride of
association with one of his stature.
For 32% years Dr. Cox's
professional efforts focused on
agriculture, in his work as
university professor and corporate
executive in the food industry.
Listed in Who's Who in
America, Finance and Industry,
Community Leaders of America,
American Men of Science, Poor's
Register of Corporations, Directors
and Executives, and the National
Register of Scientific and
Technical Personnel, Cox, a native
of Alabama, received his B.S. and
M.S. from Auburn University and
a Ph.D. from Purdue. Cox is
personified by his long list of
career achievements and brings to
AGSIM a standard of instructional
excellence difficult to parallel.
Whether dealing with a group of
students, or members of the
faculty, the clear eyes,
straightforward and friendly
demeanor are complemented by a
sure, calculating perception.
Possessing a record of accom­plishments
and honors enough for
several men, Dr. Cox might easily
drift down an unchallenging road
to the future. This, however, does
not seem to be his intention.
Besides currently serving on the
boards of four American
corporations, Dr. Cox was, in May
'82, appointed "Project Manager"
of the agriculutral report on the
President's Private Sector Survey
on Cost Control.
In the following interview, his
role with the Private Sector
Committee is examined, and new
developments in the World
Business curriculum are explained.
8
You were appointed to the
President's Private Sector
Survey on Cost Control. How
long did the committee meet
and what were its objectives?
I was appointed in May 1982. We
have completed our work. The
committee is making its final
report to the executive committee
during this particular month and
the results should be printed as
final in March.
Who is the Executive
Committee that you'll be
reporting your results to?
The overall Executive Committee is
headed by the chairman of W. R.
Grace, Peter Grace. He has on his
committee about 150 other
executives. There was an executive
group that is hired who reported
to the Executive Committee; 40
people in Washington that review
in detail the reports. The
Agricultural Report was one of 35
submitted to them. These reports
will be consolidated and given to
the President.
How are these subcommittees
divided and which areas of the
economy are studied:
The overall committee was divided
into 35 parts. Twenty-two of them
were agency committees such as
the Department of Agriculture,
Department of Commerce and
Department of Defense. The other
13 were cross-cutting teams, for
example personnel all across the
government. The committees were
given the assignment of finding
ways to cut cost of government.
The control of cost in government
was the objective of the overall
group.
You were appointed project
manager to head the
Agricultural Task Force. How
was it that you were chosen?
You realize that I have been
working in agriculture or food
most of my life. All of my college
degrees are in agriculture. I taught
agriculture for 12 years and then I
worked with a food company for
another 20 years. One of the
cochairmen of this particular task
force had previously been
chairman of a food company;
therefore, I knew him and he
asked me if I would be project
manager. I agreed. Thirty people
volunteered through other
businesses. Twenty-four
companies volunteered these
people to work on the committees.
All of the companies paid salaries
and expenses for their volunteers.
There was no expense incurred by
the government. In my case the
cochairman contributed to the
foundation for my expenses.
Were the committee members
bipartisan?
I don't know their political
connections. We were interested in
people who could do a job,
therefore, they were chosen for
their ability. I think officially some
of them were democrat, some
republican. But, as far as I know
most of them believed that
government had too much cost
and were sympathetic toward our
appointed task.
Are the results of the reports
going to be the basis Of future
legislation or will the results
by presidential mandate be
able immediately to take
effect?
In our particular conclusions,
about one-fourth of them can be
activated without legislation. That
is, some of the recommendations
will be enacted by the Department
of Agriculture itself, some of them
by executive order which means
they cut across agencies, therefore
the President would have to
activate them. For a large number,
however, it will be necessary for
Congress to amend some laws or
pass some laws for them to take
effect. You could say that some of
them will be the subject of
legislation.
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
The actions of the Committee
are directed toward cutting
cost in government?
Yes. We identified a number of
areas in the department where
expenses could be reduced if
certain things were done. Congress
has entwined itself into so many
avenues that many of the
departments cannot move. .
effectively because of restnctions
by laws. To remove these
restrictions would be the work of
Congress.
Are you at liberty to divulge
any of the conclusions antI
recommendations made by
your task force?
At the present time we are not at
liberty to release the findings. We
hope that within one month we .
will be, and it will be made publIc.
Action can then be taken on them.
You mentioned that legal
action has been taken against
your particular area of study
by the National Group on
Antihunger. How is it that
they became aware of your
efforts and what is the intent
of the suit?
We do have a suit. In fact three of
the task forces plus the executive
committee have a suit by a group
called the National Anti-hunger
Coalition. They learned of the
Committee because it was written
of in the newspaper and part of
public knowledge. They believe
that our task force was an advisory
committee and should have been
governed by the Act on AdviSOry
Committees which meant we
should hold public hearings, that
we should not make
recommendations without
adequate representation-all the
requirements of an advisory
committee. We feel that it was not
an advisory committee; we were
staff to the Executive Committee.
They would like a judge to
prohibit our findings from being
made public and that's what the
suit is about.
President Reagan congratulating Dr. Clifton
B. Cox on a job well done.
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
To change the subject, Dr. Cox,
what are the future plans for
the World Business
Department? Are there any
new..yrograms or changes of
stat! or enlargement Of
programs or facilities in the
offing?
One of the major changes is that
we plan during summer, if
approved by the President and by
the Senate, to offer a three hour
course in beginning computer so
that we can meet the request of
computer literacy. Then change the
other course to 1/ decision making
with computers," so that by fall
we will have courses available for
every student entering here to be
computer oriented or, at least,
knowledgeable enough in
computers to work. Seven of our
professors now require computer
background for courses that they
will offer, and we have
interviewed a professor with a
Ph.D. in computers who is able to
begin this summer.
Do you see that ~s a. . .
shortcoming unttl thIS pomt m
the World Business
curriculum?
Well, if I read Das Tor, if I read
student reaction, if I listen to
professors in World Business and
other departmen ts as well, we
have been short in computer
offerings. So we are doing
something about it.
Steve Spitts is a second semester student
at AGSIM. He received his B.A. in
French from The University of California
at Santa Barbara in December, 1979.
Currently working on the Thunderbird
Magazine, he is also associate editor of
Das Tor and will graduate in December of
'83.
9
Adventurous, talented, curious,
bold; all these adjectives and many
others would define the spirit of
Lorna Wright, graduate of the
December '82 class and winner of
the Barton Kyle Yount award, the
highest honor attainable by a
member of the graduating class.
Ms. Wright received her BA in
French and psychology from
Wilifred Laurier University,
Canada, in 1969, her MA in
linguistics from the University of
Essex, England, in 1974, and her
teaching certificate from the
University of London Institute of
Education, England, in 1975. At
AGSIM she was president of the
Associated Students Legislative
Council (ASLC), president of the
Liaison Club, member of the Asia
Club, International Business
Women, Speakers Committee, and
the Amateur Radio Club. Her
interests are travel, tae kwon do,
flying, history and ikebana.
Wright, a native English speaker,
speaks fluent Thai and Indonesian,
is proficient in Japanese and
French, possesses reading
knowledge of Spanish and some
knowledge of Lao, Russian, and
Chinese. If it appears that Ms.
Wright didn't have enough time
for school studies, the fact is that
she somehow managed to
graduate with a 3.95 GPA.
The diminutive, brown-haired
Ms. Wright comes from Blackstock,
Ontario, Canada, a village of 1,000
people where stories about travel
in Laos and conversation in
Japanese are as rare as cactus.
Lorna, the daughter of a radio
operator for the Canadian
Department of Transportation,
contracted wanderlust at an early
age as the result of more than five
moves before her thirteenth
birthday. Once in the university,
she took the opportunity to begin
her odyssey at an international
level and, since she had friends
living in South America, made it
the first stop on what would be an
extensive and ongoing itinerary.
After graduation she went to
Thailand with CUSO (the
Canadian equivalent of the Peace
Corps) where she taught at a high
school in Udon near the Lao
border, and later at Mahidol
University in Bangkok. She left to
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PROFILE:
Lorna Wright
By Steve Spitts
continue her education in England
but was soon back in the area, this
time to set up a project at the Civil
Aviation Training Center in
Indonesia. When that was
successfully completed and turned
over to the Indonesians, she
returned to England to begin
doctoral studies in education.
Skyrocketing tuition fees caused
her to think long and hard about
whether this was what she really
wanted to do and when an offer
came to work at Nagoya
University, Japan, she didn't take
long to say yes.
Lorna's record indicates that as a
student, teacher and linguist, she
has attained consistent levels of
excellence. When questioned on
her choice of AGSIM over the,
perhaps, more prestigious
graduate business schools of
Harvard, Yale, (et. al.), she
responded simply that, "Harvard
and Yale don't have the
international emphasis and
credentials in international areas
that I, personally, required when I
made my choice. Not only
international content, but that it be
predominant."
Her decision to come to AGSIM
was made during her
convalescence from a car accident
in a Japanese hospital. In a
teaching career that had already
spanned several years, she had
reached a stage where the thought
of change became enticing. "When
you are in education and you are
teaching at different institutions all
the time, you have no security.
You teach on a two-year contract
and then you look for another job.
No tenure. No career structure.
You're never moving up; you're
always at the same level. I enjoyed
doing that, and would have
continued enjoying it for some
time, but there would come a time
when change would be necessary.
So in my hospital bed I wondered
if I'd do something about it now,
or wait." Waiting to do things is
not a problem Lorna Wright has to
deal with. Little time passed before
she was a student at AGSIM
where she soon became ASLC
president, founded and was
elected president of the Liaison
Club (a club for students interested
in not-for-profit, public, or service
sector employment), all while
continuing superlative academic
performance.
Currently Lorna is employed by
AGSIM as an E.S.L. (English as a
second language) instructor
teaching 15 Indonesian managers.
She is also responsible for the
revision of the evaluation
instrument used on campus by
students at the end of each
semester for the purpose of
evaluating both professor and
course content. The present form
employed was designed for a
different campus with a different
academic emphasis and greater
cultural homogeneity. The task of
the committee headed by Lorna is
to design the evaluation more
specifically for AGSIM. The
evaluation has particular
significance since its results decide,
in part, bonuses and promotions
for academic staff. One of the
major problems is that the Modern
Languages department is very
different from the World Business
and International Studies
departments. An evaluation
instrument developed for World
Business isn't always relevant to
Modern Languages. Lorna pointed
out that an international institute
such as ours is faced with special
problems which must be
approached with a variety of
national perspectives in mind. She
explained, "Japanese students
come here with a much stronger
quantitative background than
American students do. So if you're
taking international finance and 90
percent of the Japanese feel it's too
easy, and 90 percent of the
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
Americans feel it's too difficult
then that can give the professor a
more complete insight into the
class and, theoretically, he can
make necessary changes." Another
improvement Lorna's committee
hopes to institute in the evaluation
process is the more rapid
availability of the actual results to
the teaching staff. This would be
made possible by accessing the
computer system on campus.
Rather than wait two to three
months, professors would receive
the results immediately after
handing in their final grades.
Not one to succumb to apathy,
Lorna expresses a positive belief in
student government. She
maintains that with an appropriate
level of continuity, student
government can serve as an
effective mouthpiece for the needs
of students, when tuned to the
correct volume and with the
correct frequency. However, one of
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
Lorna's major efforts on campus
has been to fuel the fire under
those who resist the recognized
need for more appropriate
computer facilities.
She notes computers as a good
example of the importance of
student input. "Look, we need
this." Lorna explains; "If you're
going to go out and compete with
MBAs, then you must have the
computer background. Many
professors don't understand
computers. They got along all right
in their time without them and if
it's up to them, they won't bother
putting them in. So this pressure is
coming from the students and
some of it is coming from the
companies that hire as well,
because they are simply requiring
more background in computers."
As a graduate of AGSIM who
came here with international
experience in government and
academic institutions, but no
business background, Lorna feels
the most beneficial aspect of her
education here was in the business
field; more specifically, business as
it is conducted in America. With
more than thirteen years outside of
the North American continent,
Lorna felt the need to understand
the techniques and strategies of
American management, something
she was well able to familiarize
herself with as ASLC president. "It
was there I began to perceive the
American style of getting things
done," Lorna states.
Ms. Wright recognizes some of
the positive aspects of American
management and thinks that with
subtle modifications American
managers abroad can integrate
aspects of American management
styles into foreign culture with
success, noting too that the
English and Japanese experience
many of the same difficulties when
doing business overseas. She feels,
however, that American, English
and Japanese business people have
an urgent need to develop
adaptability when working in
foreign countries, and that AGSIM
is an ideal training ground for that
purpose.
When queried about the
possibility of being discriminated
against in some parts of the world
because she is a woman, Lorna
responded, "No, I don' t see it as a
problem because foreign countries
in which I've worked regard me
first as a foreigner and second a
woman. The foreigner takes
precedence over my role as a
woman. You aren't the subject of
the same attitudes as a woman of
that country would be. I worked in
Japan for two and one half years
and I was the only woman at the
language center. You can do many
things impossible for the native
and this happens in many areas."
Lorna's plans for the immediate
future are to stay an additional
semester at AGSIM to study
finance which she considers her
weakest area. She will then revisit
friends on different parts of the
globe, eventually to return to
Canada for a visit with her parents
in Blackstock, Ontario. While
there, she may want to brush up
on her Japanese since we hear they
are looking for a good woman .
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NEWS
IBW Reported in
Business Week
The International Business
Women Club (IBW) received
national recognition for their
publications in a ~usine~~ Week.
article last fall entitled, Boosting
the careers of B-School Grads"
(October 11, 1982). The article: ,
which appeared in the .magazme 5
Corporate Woman section,
reported, "The American Graduate
School of International ..
Management in Glendale, ~nz., 15
compiling a directory of all ItS
women graduates and plans t~,
publish a newsletter for them.
Both less than a year old, the
newsletter, the Network News,
printed this past summer ~nd fall,
and the directory, ConnectlOn~,
making its debut this past ~~ter,
were designed with the objective
of creating a network and
developing a support system for
both current AGSIM women
students, and AGSIM wo~en
already in busin~~s. The duectory
lists present pOSItions an~
addresses, an initial step m
facilitating communication between
the network members. The
newsletter, to be published on a
regular basis, serves as a forum for
ideas, advice, and anecdotes
between alumnae and students.
IBW also sponsors and
cosponsors many activities on
campus, including the
Thunderrun, Western Night and
the Ice Cream Social, as well as
bringing to AGSIM speakers and.
films concerning women and theIr
involvement in the business
community.
School Nurse Dies
Jean Myers, 72, school nurse
from 1949 to 1973, passed away
after a lengthy illness on December
17 1982. Jean was a graduate of
Br~ndon General Hospital in
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada and
had nursed at Vancouver General
Hospital and for Canadian
National Railways in Montreal
before coming to AGSIM.
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INTERCOM
The HUFFCO Indonesia
Program 2 began January 10 and
will continue through October 29,
1983. Fifteen executives from the
Huffco Oil Company are enrolled
in an intensive program of study,
ranging from English under the
direction of Zed Lanham, head of
the ESL program at AGSIM, to
computers and business
communication taught by Alan
Wunsch and Don Leonard, two
professors from Arizona State
University.
Jerome Greco
Named Director of
Corporate
Development
Jerome (Jerry) Greco, a
Thunderbird graduate ('76) and
former managing director a~d .
chairman of the board, Carner Italza
S.p.A., has been appointed
Director of Corporate
Development, a new post in t~e
AGSIM Office of External Affaus.
Greco accepted his position with
the school after a 27 year career
with the Carrier International
Corporation. Greco spent m~ny
years in Brazil, and IS marned to a
Brazilian. After almost 20 years of
international experience, he
enrolled in AGSIM's MIM program
to update and upgrade his .
international management skill~,
coming from Carrier's Puerto Rican
subsidiary where he was
president.
As Director of Corporate
Development, Greco' 5 objectives
are to build and strengthen the
school's relations with the business
community; to stimulate corporate
interest in academic programs and
physical plant development; and to
introduce employers to
Thunderbird graduates as a source
of qualified, highly ~ained,
prospective international
managers.
International
Auction '82
The 1982 International Auction,
sponsored by Friends of Thunder­bird,
grossed more than $10,000,
an increase of more than $3,000
over the 1981 auction. According
to Mavis Voris, "The response in
number and quality of items
received from alumni has never
been higher." .
In addition, Thad Chamberlam
('55) hosted an alumni gathering in
Panama that attracted ten items for
the auction. In Phoenix, Mr. and
Mrs. A. B. Robbs, whose son
Bruce is currently a student,.
hosted an auction gift party m
Scottsdale, Arizona, that drew a
variety of gifts including a gold
and diamond bracelet. For U.S.
taxpayers such benefit parties are
tax deductible.
On The Record:
The nT-Bird Blues"
The hands down winners of the
Spring '82 Talent Show were Alan
Goodman and the T-Bird Blues
Band when they performed Alan's
tune "The T-Bird Blues." The song
is a humorous, tongue-in-cheek
portrait of student life at A~SIM
that includes jabs at such things as
the eternal construction and
restoration projects, the ubiquitous
exams, and even the slow .
industrial toaster in the cafetena.
Alan and the other eight AGSIM
members of the T -Bird Blues Band
recorded the song at Topango
Studios in Phoenix in December,
1982. The recording was produced
by Jeff Sand and is now available
by mail for $3.00 (pl~.s $1.00
postage for U.S. mailmg; $2.50 for
mailing out of the U.S.) on cassette
through the sp,onsor.ship of the
Thunderbird Liberation
Organization. The proceeds (~f
any) will go towards the club s
campus activities. Please make all
checks and mail orders payable to:
T-Bird Blues, and mail to T-Bird
Blues, AGSIM, Glendale, AZ
85306.
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
Mexican Banking and Economic Crisis
In an address on the Mexican
economic and banking crisis,
delivered to a group of Phoenix
alums, at The Phoenix Hilton, Dr.
Paul Dickie said:
"There will be no Mexican
default. Mexico, battered and
somewhat tarnished, continues in
the mold of a newly emerging
industrial (NIC) nation. The
"emergency package" of financial
assistance put together by America
and other industrial countries has
bridged the gap. The International
Monetary Fund program for
economic adjustment is now in
place."
"But all is not well. The crisis
continues. The scene has simply
shifted to the domestic stage. The
International bailout was by
comparison quick and easy."
The 1982 budget deficit is
estimated at an unparalleled 16.5%
of the Gross Domestic Product
(GOP) . By comparison, this figure
in relative terms, represents four
times the cataclysmic deficits
forecasted for the upcoming u.s.
budget."
"While the key problem in
Mexico has been the fiscal deficit,
mismanagement and confusion
have led to major distortions in
other sectors of the economy. Most
importantly, perhaps, Mexico
imposed exchange controls and
instituted a dual exchange rate
system in August 1982."
"In fact, under the Articles of
Agreement of the International
Monetary Fund, Mexico has
accepted the obligations of Article
VIII which precludes the use of
exchange controls and dual
exchange rates. The private sector
has been hit in two ways. The
decline in real demand resulted in
a sharp fall in receipts at the same
time the peso cost of servicing the
dollar debt multiplied in line with
the devaluations of the peso.
Bankruptcies rose dramatically."
"The importance of assisting
Mexico through this crisis is well
appreciated by the Reagan
Administration."
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
"u.S. businesses have over $7
billion in direct investments in
Mexico and u.S. banks have loans
outstanding in Mexico of $25
billion."
"The stability which is
invaluable in close neighbors was
once again demonstrated in the
elections of Miguel de la Madrid in
July 1982."
"Mexico's stability stands in
sharp contrast with the turmoil in
Central America."
"Yet major problems remained.
The incomes of small farmers and
the unskilled, marginal workers in
urban areas had stagnated. While
there was a buildup in the middle
class, a population growth rate of
up to 3.5% made it impossible to
make rapid progress in reducing
the inequities."
"Following the September I,
1976, devaluation of the peso
Mexico entered into a three year
economic adjustment program
under the newly created Extended
Fund Facility with the International
Monetary Fund. That program,
beginning in 1977, called for major
adjustments in the fiscal, monetary
and external sectors."
"Mexico had a very successful
experience with the Fund
economic adjustment programs.
The only difference now is tha t the
size of the required adjustment is
roughly twice that of the '77-'79
program. The seeds of the '82
crisis were sown in the grandiose
development plans initiated by
Lopez Portillo in the late '70's.
Those plans mushroomed in line
with Mexican petroleum receipts.
Petroleum income rose
exponentially due to major new
finds and the doubling of prices in
the '79-'80 period. International
bankers appeared ready to provide
almost unlimited lines of credit.
The concept of resource constraints
seemingly vanished, . . . a
liquidity crisis emerged at the
beginning of 1982. When
petroleum prices softened in
mid-'81, international bankers
became somewhat reluctant to
increase their exposure to Mexico,
particularly as Mexico for a short
period of time refused to reduce
their prices to competitive levels.
To offset the lack of medium term
loans, Mexico drew on their short
term credit lines. By the end of
1981, almost half of their $57
billion of debts to international
banks were due in 1982. A
liquidity crisis became inevitable."
Editor's Note: An article by Dr. Dickie on
the "Mexican Economic Crisis" appears
in the First Quarter issue of Arizona
Business published by the Bureau of
Business and Economic Research, College
of Business Administration, Arizona State
University.
AMA Executive
Delivers December
Commencement
Address
Thomas R. Horton, president
and chief executive officer of the
American Management Associations
and member of the AGSIM Board
of Trustees, delivered the
commencement address to 362
graduates December 17 on the
Thunderbird campus.
In his speech addressing the
question, "Is there life after
AGSIM?" Horton advised the
graduates to remain optimistic
about the future. He pointed out
that while students these days are
concerned with the unemployment
situation and confused about their
lives, opportunities do exist for
those who are not afraid to
maintain open minds regarding
new developments. "There is still
much to be done," stated Horton,
"And certainly, the best business
enterprises have yet to be
founded."
Mr. Horton assumed his position
with the AMA in July of 1982, after
serving for 27 years in a variety of
managerial posts with IBM .
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Editor's Note: David R. Clay '49, past director of
7-Up International, regional director of Canada Dry
International, and vice president of Pepsi-Cola
International, has been residing in Mexico since 1970.
He has senled in Brazil, Paris, Lebanon, Uruguay, and
most recently in Central American and the Caribbean.
In 1960, he was presented the Jonas Mayer Award for
his distinguished achievements and outstanding
performance in international service. The following
article describes his views of bullfighting and some of
the related customs.
For a real aficionado such as myself,
the bullfight is an inexhaustible source of
interest. I never tire of seeing bulls and
calves on the ranches, at bullfights or
tientas, the testing of young female
calves. It is an adventure, a young man
demonstrating that he can dominate and
make beautiful momentary sculptures
with, and then kill, an animal of much
greater size and strength than himself. It
is a demonstration of "grace under
pressure"; he knows he'll be booed out of
the ring if he doesn't perform with
elegance, style, and demonstrations of
bravery or even of foolhardiness.
After several years of growing
fascination with bullfighting, in mid 1965
I asked one of my friends, a retired
matador, to show me how to "torear."
For months, he spent three mornings a
week working with me in my garden. I
began to learn the mechanics of toreo, but
from that to really understanding and
knowing, is a long process. In the fall of
1966, I went to some tientas where the
young calves, about a year and a half old
and weighing 150 kilos, are piced with a
short, small spear to test for bravery, and
then "toreared" by a matador partly for
practice, and partly so the breeder and
others present can judge style as well as
bravery. Some calves are rejected, while
others are given a superior grading. After
the matador has finished, other interested
aficionados can have a hand at "toreo." I
began to seek invitations to tientas, and
was fortunate to be able to attend a few.
The tienta is great. One is on a ranch in
the country with blue sky, clear air, and
other people of like interest. One is
surrounded by "bullfight people," and
the conversation is about bulls,
bullfighters, and the bull world in
general; and of course, there's a chance to
"torear," sometimes alongside the most
famous of the day.
At the tientas, I learned to torear in
front of an animal, rather than in front of
a mirror. One day in the fall of 1966 I was
invited to a festival in the small town of
La Piedad. Three famous and retired
matadors were invited, as well as three
aficionados. Each had to pay for his own
becerro (2-21f2-year-old male calf) and
other expenses. The public was invited to
buy tickets and there were about 2,000
spectators. I did not realize what I'd
gotten into until a few hours before the
event. I had purchased a suit-not a suit
of lights, that's for the professionals---but
the suit of the aficionado: that of the
Spanish flamenco dancer ... boots, tight
pants fitted up to the chest, an ordinary
white shirt, a chaquetilla (a vest with
sleeves), a sash around the waist, and a
flat-topped "cordobes" hat. When I got to
the plaza and suddenly realized I was
going to "torear" in public alongside
famous professionals, I knew I had been
very foolish indeed. The public was
generous with its applause, and
somehow I got through it all-even killed
well with my second sword-thrust. It was
then I realized that I was hooked, and
also, that I knew very little.
After that first experience, there
followed quite a few festivals in different
parts of Mexico. I have been written
about in quite favorable terms in the
specialized press, have had my picture
requested by children, and been called
"matador" on the street.
Recently, however, things have slowed
a bit. For one thing, the price of the bulls
I fight (225 to 325 kilos) has gone up
astronornically-even more than the
inflation. Because of this, the festivals I
used to be involved in seldom take place.
And secondly, my own group is getting
older and interest (except for myself) has
waned a bit. Many of my matador friends
are now retired, but I still fight. Last
December, I went to a tienta for four
days. It was two days of tientas of
females in which I "toreared" five times,
and two days of tientas of males, done
without capes, by running and ducking
behind the fence in such a way that one
can strategically place the calf in any part
of the ring to see if he'll readily charge
the mounted picador or not.
I'm a member of the group here known
as "Pena Taurina de Aficionados Practicos
de la Ciudad of Mexico" and was vice
president for three consecutive years. To
date, I've fought in about 30 festivals,
gone to about 40 or 50 tientas, killed 19 or
20 animals, and cut ears a number of
times. My Sundays at the bullfight are
very special to me. I'm surrounded by
those who know and love the spectacle
just as I do.
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l.DONDE ESTAN?
Class of '58
We need your help
once again! This time
it's for the class of '58.
If you know the
whereabouts of these
alumni, please send
the information to us
at The Alumni Office,
American Graduate
School of International
Management,
Glendale, Arizona,
85306.
Information you
provide to our office
about your T-Bird
friends and business
associates helps us to
spread the word of
both campus
happenings and
regional alumni
chapter gatherings a
little farther. Lists of
unknown alumni by
class will appear in
upcoming issues of
"Thunderbird." We're
eager to receive any
news about you, your
family, and your
T-bird friends, so
please include this
information too for our
Update section.
Muchas Gracias!
Anderson, William H.
Barth, Werner
Bell, Roger P.
Brown, Charles D.
Bruce, Robert L.
Bryan, James E.
Burgardner, David J.
Burmeister, Hans H.
Burzell, Jack A.
Casagranda, Donald R.
Cassell, Andrew T.
Cauter, Thomas V.
Champion, Donald E.
Clippinger, Donald E.
Conklin, William D.
Considine,
Lawrence F.
Cooley, Philip E.
Cox, Melvin D.
Crain, Donnell L.
Crandall, Edwin B.
Croisant, Robert D.
Davis, Robert S.
Day, Herbert D.
DeWitt, Karen
Desoto, Dora R.
Doran, Robert E.
Dowdell, Joan E.
Dunton, Clarence J.
Farber, Robert A.
Fischer, Wayne P.
Fishback, William S.
Gallagher, Astrid J.
Garrison, Lars A.
Geetersloh, James T.
George, James C.
Gerbasi, Anthony E.
Gosden, Leroy C.
Graham, Richard C.
Hanford, Walter R.
Havard, Chester A.
Hays, Patricia
Hays, Thomas
Heaton, Frank W.
Hernandez, Conrad
Hilberg, Roy W.
Hill, Robert R.
Hitchcock, James W.
Hodge, Richard C.
Hogan, David G.
Holt, William B.
Johnson, Charles D.
Johnson, Marlin T.
Jordan, Dowdell W.
Karrer, Richard G.
Kelsey, Mark
Kershner, Bruce S.
King, David J.
Koehler, Robert P.
Kozacik, Bernard O.
Krok, Stanley A.
Lancaster, Newlin E.
Leighton, Blaine A.
Lombard, Thomas A.
Lucas, John G.
Maimbourg, Eddie L.
Marsee, James A.
Marshall, John B.
McClatchy, Al
McCleary, E. R.
McLaughlin,
William G.
Meeker, Lincoln V.
Mittelsdorf,
Frederick A.
Morales, Oscar D.
Morgan, Edgar R.
Mulford, Willard L.
Needham, Charles R.
Neville, Robert C.
Nunley, Arthur W.
Ortiz, Jasper D.
O'Brien, Lawrence J.
Perkins, John H.
Peterson, Richard L.
Phillips, William G.
Poulios, Ploutarehos
Randall, Hea ton H .
Ratliff, Charles B.
Rawlings, Charlie C.
Rees, William M.
Ronald, John F.
Rosenau, Robert B.
Schlosser, Gerald M.
Schmoldt, Donald H.
Sell, Charles H.
Sillik, William L.
Stamatiou, Dean
Stanton, Dean
Steele, Matthew W.
Suffern, Walter G.
Susan, Stanley E.
Thayer, James A.
Tillotson, Gordon J.
Trahern, James W.
Troutner, Carleton
Tuggle, Marjorie J.
Urbach, George A.
Van Reet, Hector
Vandiver, Curtis o .
Waechter, Walter H.
Wagner, Leroy L.
Wahren, Uno U.
Wait, Allen L.
Wells, Fred erick M.
Westcott, Robert L.
Wheelwright,
George W.
White, Peter L.
Yug, Mirko
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,QUE PASA?
Hong Kong
A cocKtail party in honor of C. Wolcott
Parker II was held at the Foreign
Correspondents Club on December 16.
Pictured are left to right (standing):
Andy Chu, Felix Kwok '78, Shu-Fun
Choy '74, John Sieh '79, Alice Fung,
C. Wolcott Parker II, Christina Chong,
and George Hsu '75. Kneeling in front
are: Bill Ling '73 and George O'Ke.effe
'77.
Madrid
According to word from Duane E.
Bellmore '61, the Madrid group
enjoyed an interesting and
entertaining, not to mention extremely
well-attended, dinner meeting in
November. Mr. Santiago Foncillas,
president of Westinghouse, addressed
a group almost 50 strong, including
alumni from Panama, Mexico, and
Barcelona, as well as almost all of the
known Madrid group. His talk
covered the issue of the effect on
business which can be expected from
the recently elected Socialist
government. Dick Barrutia '59 finished
the evening off with his special
combination of magic and "simpatia."
Houston
The Texas T-Bird Alumni Association
of Houston, in conjunction with the
Houston World Trade Association,
Young Executive Forum, hosted a
Valentine's Day SpeCial at which Dr.
Voris was the guest speaker. He
addressed the topic, "Changing Needs
For Education in International
Business" at the Four Seasons Hotel
on February 14.
Dallas-Fort Worth
Due to the football players' strike, the
Dallas area T-birds had to punt their
plans for a Dallas Cowboys TV
watching party. But plans were made
for a "dandy between the holidays
get-together" Happy Hour at the Wine
Press. Also scheduled was the first
DFW alumni reunion of 1983 to be
hosted by Bill Nicholson '80 featuring
"The Best Little Alumni Association in
Texas." No reports at press time, but
we can assume a fine turnout for both.
Detroit
A T-Bird reunion was held at the
home of Carolann McCain Morykwas
this past October. Attending were:
Steve Brandwein '82; Carol McCain
Morykwas '82; Brian Althaver '79;
Barbara Pleasance Zelaya '81, wife of
T-Bird Enrique Zelaya '81; Tim Main
'82; and Pietro Sarcina '82.
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New York
"New York T-Birds, 160 strong, met,
ate, drank and danced together in a
Tribeca loft the evening of November
10. A triumph of planning, the party
represented the first event by this
chapter featuring an open bar for the
evening," reports Mary Ann Glass '72.
"Food (and lots of it) was furnished by
Peggy Peckham '74; liquor supplies
were garnered by Taco Proper '79 and
George Wehmann '74; and in charge
of it all was Manuel Bramao '79."
Thomas Kidd, Alumni Director, was
also in attendance.
Also from New York, NY., Peggy
Peckham '74, second VP of Chase
Manhattan Bank, sends news of a
dinner she a ttended for
representatives from South Carolina
National Bank, Riggs National Bank,
and Chase Manhattan, at the World
Trade Center, for the purpose of
closing an industrial revenue trade
financing agreement. Over cocktails
and dinner it was discovered that
three of the banks' relationship officers
for negotiation and future handling of
the loans, and the senior officer
representing SNCB, were all T-Birds.
They were: Virginia Thompson '79,
SNCB, Jack Mauvais '57, SNCB, John
Rush '70, Riggs National, and Peggy.
She writes, "In true T-Bird fashion, we
kept the closing party going rather
late, swapping stories, and having our
own "alumni meeting." It truly is a
small world! And it's truly a fine thing
to see that all the hours of training
and fellowship put into the activities
at the pub have not been wasted!"
South Florida
A "Remember Pearl Harbor" social
was held at the Mutiny Hotel on
December 7, followed by a
survivor-of-the-holiday season
gathering in January. Don't forget,
get-togethers are scheduled each
month at the Mutiny, where chapter
membership dues include use of club
facili ties.
Manila, Philippines
AT-bird dinner and cocktail party was
hosted by John and Marka Polhemus
'69 in September. A total of 23
graduates and spouses attended the
second area reunion of 1982, and
plans call for future Manila
get-togethers.
Southern California
Photos and updates on the alumni
association in this area came to us via
Scott Dannison '75. The Thunderfeast,
hosted November 21 by Bill Maid '77
and Ed Jusino '77 went over quite
well. Also scheduled was a Christmas
party hosted by Steve Savoldelli '80.
Florida
Bill Hill Jr. '71 and Bill Ross '57 have
organized a Jacksonville Alumni
Chapter. The group held its first
gathering on November 18 at the
Sheraton at St. John'S Place, and "the
response was overwhelming"
according to Bill Hill. The participants
were: Egan Anderson '49; David Miller
'57; Clarke Todd '65; Randy Wright '67
and Bill Hill '71; Bob and Marion
Brock '48; Nick and Kathy Nichols '49;
Bill Ross '57; Cory Todd, and Joy
Anderson.
Caracas, Venezuela
Paul Donnelly '67 and Susy Sagy '72
organized an August T-Bird reunion at
the Bagatelle Restaurant. The reunion
was attended by more than 25 T-Birds.
Special guests were Connie Estes of
the AGSIM Language Department and
Leon Estes '62. Connie and Leon were
concluding a summer trip which
brought them into contact with T-Birds
in Colombia, Brazil and Venezuela. In
October Paul Donnelly also organized
a successful seminar on the economic
problems of Venezuela and Mexico.
Thunderbird Chapter of
Europe
A group of 40 alumni and guests
met aboard a Rhine River cruiser in
Mainz, Germany this October to
discuss the founding and registration
of a Thunderbird alumni association
in Europe. The TCE members, now 28
strong, had a wonderful time enjoying
the German landscape, after which
they visited a champagne cellar and a
medieval pub.
A provisional board of directors was
elected with Skh. Markus S.
Habsburg-Lothringer '81 serving as
Chairman, and the following alumni
officers: Manfred Lo Locher '69,
President; Charles LaFond '80,
Administrator General: Gianni Torti
'79, Vice President-country relations;
Vladas Gedmintas '69, Treasurer;
Mariya Toohey '78, Secretary; John
Cook '79, Press and PR and Bill
Schlichter '75, Membership
Administrator.
Legal registration of the club is
anticipated to be completed by
October 28/30, 1983, when the official
foundation ceremony of the TCE will
be held in Kaiserville Bad Ischl. A
meeting, organized by John Cook, for
members and any T-birds interested in
joining the club will be held
April29IMay 1. All alumni in Europe
are encouraged to contact Manfred Lo
Locher, 21. rue du Depart-l'Ellypsoide,
F-75 014 Paris, France.
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Phoenix
The new Greater Phoenix Chapter of
Associated Thunderbirds Inc. (U.S.A.)
met for the first time this January at
the Phoenix Hilton, where Dr. Paul
Dickie presented his views on the
Mexican Banking Crisis to a group of
30 local alumni. A series of program
luncheons, "Third Thursdays," are
planned from February to June
featuring professors, prominent
alumni and business leaders.
Beginning February 15, "T-bird
Tuesday" has been reinstituted at the
Velvet Turtle for our alumni who have
stayed in our "home city" to roost. Of
course, all alumni passing through are
welcome!
Northern California
Elections for the group took place at
the traditional Christmas dinner held
at the Mandarin Restaurant,
Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco. The
new officers for 1983 are: Bob Leurck
'81, president; Tom Williams '80, vice
president; and Maryann Soo '81,
secretary treasurer. The three regional
contacts named are Claire M. Larson
'75 for the East Bay area, Hal Q.
Coggins '74 for the San Francisco/
Marin area, and John Lambert '53 for
the South Bay area. John Austin '76,
Linda Cypres '77, and W. Sanford
Lynch '77 are the elected directors.
The affair, coordinated by Bill Walsh
'71 and Lynda Cypres, was well
attended and well received, according
to word from John Austin.
The Communications Office also
received late news from the fall picnic.
As expected, Angel Island welcomed
many T -birds from all parts of the bay
area for a day of glorious weather. The
group sends special thanks to Bob
Leurck for his assistance in making the
day a success.
Area T-birds-Don't forget the
Thunderbird Roost Every First Tuesday
of the month at Barnaby's downstairs
lounge, Embarcadero Center #2, 5 pm
until?
Haiti
The Thunderbird Alumni Club of Haiti
has been formed in Port-au-Prince,
according to Vice President Reese
Moyers '66. Stanley Urban '64 is
serving as the club's first president.
Informal meetings will be held most
Fridays between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. at
the Belle Epoque Restaurant in
Petionville, and all alumni passing
through on business or pleasure, as
well as residents, are invited to
participa te.
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ALUMNI
UPDATE
Class of
'47 and '48
George J. Dietz, '47, a career member of
the senior foreign service, has been
appointed by Secretary of Agriculture John
R. Block to represent the U.S. Department
of Agriculture at the U.s. Mission in Rome.
He will also be responsible for commodity
and food security activities of the Food and
Agricultural Organization and the World
Food Council. Robert L. Bean, '48, after
long and successful affiliation with the
Chicago association of Commerce and
Industry, has retired and is in the process
of fulfilling a lifelong wish to spend five
weeks on a freighter traveling down the
coast of South America. Bon Voyage! Don
Lenertz, '48, has recently been elected
chairman of Automatic Wholesalers of
Texas where he has been a civic and
business leader since 1955. Eloise Crump
Terho, '48, is a high school Spanish teacher
in Pittsford, NY where she resides with her
husband Allan Terho '48.
Class of
'50 and '51
Alton L. Ashley '50 is a registered
representative for the Engler & Budd Co.
of Bloomington, MN. Robert J. Knorr, '51,
has retired from the Kirsch Co., a drapery
hardware manufacturing firm of Sturgis,
MI, where he held the position of vice
president, international. His employment
officially ended Dec. 31, 1982, but he hopes
to "continue activity in the international
field for some years to come." John R.
Timmel, '51, is with M.H. Credit Corp.,
Ltd. in London.
Class of
'53
Van F. Crichfield is a self-employed
developer of government subsidized
multi-family housing.
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Class of
'55 and '56
Ann Potter Lockledge '55 is the high
school principal at the American School in
Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Diane S.
Connelly, '56, the newly-elected board
member and treasurer of the Valley of the
Sun Real Estate Exchangers, chaired the
Arizona Association of Real Estate
Exchangers National Marketing Session in
Scottsdale, AZ. Fritz Friedrich, '56, is now
working for Steiner Corporation in the
Dus~eldorf .Subsi?iary in West Germany.
DaVId Munson, 56, has a new position
and has for the past three years been the
regional credit officer for West Germany,
Austria, Eastern Europe, Switzerland, Italy
and Greece for Clhbank, N.A. and is V.P.
residing in Frankfurt, West Germany.
Class of
'57
Theodore D. Bihuniak has a new position
as. 1?~ernahOnal S~les Manager, Polyolefins
DIVISion, With Umon Carbide Corporation
of Danbury, CT. Donald Campbell is a
director of marketing and planning with
Stanadyne in Hartford, CT. Thomas B.
!faines and his wife, Socorro, are residing
m Coral Sprmgs, FL, where he is a
computer programmer/analyst with the
Westinghouse Electric Corporation. He
writes, "though not in 'el exterior,' am
happy in my work." H.C. (Tom) Karpf, Jr.
is a senior vice president with Tradex
Brokerage Services, Inc., a discount
brokerage firm of Houston, TX. James
Landolt owns Hennessey Florist of
Springfield, IL, where he resides, as well
as Goliad Greenhouse Growers in Texas.
Richard L. McIntosh is currently a
professor in the Business Department at
American River College in Sacramento,
CA. Mr. Earl T. Oliver has taken
employment with Rancho Murieta
Properties, Inc., as an accountant. This
October, J. William Ross had the honor of
~erving as AGSlM'S official delegate to the
maugural ceremony of Dr. Curtis L.
McCray, the newly elected president of the
University of North Florida, in Jacksonville.
Lorna (Grady) Small is with the Border
Patrol for the U.S. Government, and is
reSiding in Tucson, AZ. Mr. Gerald P.
Thomas is a self-employed writer and
language teacher. He received his M.A. in
The Teaching of English as a Foreign
Language from Colorado State University
in August, '82 and now resides with his
wife, Lois Ann, in Fort Collins, CO. Frank
B. Wallis, Jr. and his wife, Alice, are
residing in Scottsdale, AZ, where he is a
sales account executive for Imperial
Litho/Graphics of Phoenix.
Class of
'58
Stanley C. Allen is an urban planner for
the city of Medford in Oregon. Roger W.
Child is a CPA in Welasco, TX, where he
recently became associated with the firm of
Joe T. Harren, CPA. Dr. Bennett O. Cole
has been named associate professor of
Spanish at Florida Southern College in
Lakeland. Robert W. Priebe is director of
international operations with Purolator
Products, Inc., in Rahway, NJ. John S.
Shannon is a teacher at Carlmont High
School m Belmont, CA. Rudi Stelling has
returned from Buenos Aires, after three
years as managing director of the
Allis-Chalmers subSidiary. He is to
represent Allis-Chalmers of Milwaukee in
northern South America.
Class of
'59
Ralph A. DeSantis is a general manager
with Bristol Myers in Guatemala. Prior to
this he lived and worked in several Latin
American countries, including Venezuela,
Brazil, and the Dominican Republic.
Andrew W. Furlan joined Warner
Cosmetics Inc. in July '82 as the senior vice
president and general manager of the
International Division, based in New York,
NY. Jerome L. Gaarder is an assistant
director of Professional Services with
Wyeth International, LTD, and is reSiding
in Country Club Hills, IL. Harry W.
Griffiths is a marketing vice president with
Ethanol Production Inc. in Boise, ID.
Barton L. Hartzell has moved to Burwood,
Australia, a suburb of Sydney, where he is
the Boeing Manufacturing representative
~or Hawkin de Havilland. Robert P. Keyes
IS a real estate broker with Cornisit and
Carey in Menlo Park, CA. John G. Kyle Jr.
is a financial representative for Mesa
Pacific, an equipment leasing company in
San Diego, CA. Curgie W. Pratt is the
president of Page Inc., a real estate
development firm in Phoenix, AZ. He also
has his first grandchild, Dallas Edward
Peagler, born September 25, 1982. Kent E.
Smith is self-employed in the retail
business, specializing in gift/gourmet items
in Walnut Creek, CA.
Class of
'60
Ronald L. Baker and his wife, Cecelia,
have been in Tucson, AZ. for 10 years
where he is a self-employed manufacturer's
representative for sporting goods and
imports. Ms. Diana Bishop is a part-time
substitute librarian and a 4th year Chinese
language student currently working toward
her degree in Chinese at the University of
Maryland. Jacques L. Bry is a vice
president and general manager for Tricil
Ltd, specializing in Waste Management, in
Ontario. John T. Harycki is a Spanish
instructor at the Tarrant County Junior
College and also runs a tutoring service in
Fort Worth, TX. Jerry L. Holmes resigned
from his position as vice president and
manager of International Banking Service
for the Republic Bank of Dallas in June,
1972, to assume active management of
family real estate investments and
numerous cultural, educational, and
political organizations in Dallas and
throughout Texas. Thomas A. Perrodin is a
newspaper advertising director for The
Kingman Daily Miner of Kingman, AZ. He
is also president of the Kingsmen-Fair
Board, director of the Lion's Service
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
organization, and high school advisory
board member there. Robert R. Renshaw is
a Spanish teacher at the Burlington City
High School in Burlington, NJ.
Class of
'61
Robert C. Fraser, after nine years, as the
international manager for Technicolor in
Southern California, was selected to
become the first commercial secretary to
the American Embassy in Quito, Ecuador.
He reports to us, "After many years, of
helping T-Birds in Southern California, I
will be pleased to do the same here in
Ecuador." After 18 years with CARE,
Jerome Lewis assumed management at his
brother's pig farm in Valencia, Venezuela
where he has worked for the last two
years. Ernest H. Mainland has created his
own business around the computer needs
of those businesses that have tip-earning
employees. He currently resides with his
wife Judith in Boyne Falls, MI. Mr. Lewis
Maviglia was, in February '82, transferred
from Panama to Bogota where he is general
manager of Cicolac, a large subsidiary of
Borden Inc. Paul A. McGuckian is a
county attorney in Montgomery County,
MD. William H. Steen is president of
Yellow Jacket Mines, Inc. of Cobalt, ID. He
and his wife, Myrnalee, are residing in
Palo Alto, CA.
Class of
'62
James Dickey is presently chief legal
counsel in Australia for Australian
Occidental Petroleum Ltd. , a subsidiary of
Occidental Petroleum Corporation, and is
responsible for all legal activities of the
Petroleum, Minerals, and Chemicals
Division of Occidental in Australia. Morris
Feldman is currently the assistant to the
Trade Commandor at the Consulate of
Finland. J.M. Fritz has recently joined the
staff of the Portland Community College as
an Accounting Instructor after more than
ten years in real estate. Milford Fuller is a
customer service manager with the
Memorex Corporation in Santa Clara, CA.
Stephen G. Heiner and his wife have
formed a second partnership, Heiner-Fu
Enterprises, which is engaged in wholesale
import-export, retail trading and franchise
activities. Laurence P. Jennings is a real
estate representative with Exxon Company,
U.S.A. in Denver, CO. Christof J.
Scheiffele writes us, "Our second year in
the African development world is as
exciting as the first. With CARE we
participate in the development of drinkable
water sources and reforestation in the rural
areas of Cameroon." Mr. Scheiffele is
director of CARE in Cameroon. Titus (Ty)
R. Trumbower is a manufacturers'
representative with Riggins Electronic Sales
in Long Beach, CA.
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
Class of
'63 and '64
James S. Jones '63 wishes to inform T-Birds
of a new address in Laguna Beach, CA,
and is eager to meet graduates in Orange
County. Richard Puig '63 is now the
owner-manager of the retail toy stores,
"Land of Oz," in St. Thomas, The Virgin
Islands. Warren J. Alverson '64 is assistant
to the executive vice president with
Haldane and Associates, career counseling,
in Dallas, TX. Roger Bennett '64 is the
treasurer for Newco Way Systems, Inc. in
Grand Isle, NY. Bodo A. Lubenow '64 fills
the position of corporate engineer for the
3M company of St. Paul, MN where he
and his wife, Helen, reside.
Class of
'65
John Bailey owns and operates "Non-Stop
Books" in San Francisco, CA. where he is
also a publisher and author. Ramon D.
Bueno is a self-employed consultant in the
field of International Marketing among
whose clients include Walt Disney World
and the Central Florida World Trade
Council. He resides in Orlando, FL.
George Dykes is vice
president/international for the Pitman
Division of Emerson Electric in Shawnee
Mission, KS. Robertson Hayes Gaylor is an
industrial marketing director with ERCA of
France, and is residing in Paris. Charles B.
Hardy is the branch manager in Newport
Beach for W.H. Daum and Staff. Ronald
Kay has taken a new position in
administrat;on in customer liaison with
R.CA. in the picture tube division in
Dunmore, P A. Tom McSpadden has been
elected president and chief executive officer
of Cullen BankiCitywest, a new national
banking association and affiliate of
CullenIFrost Bankers in Houston, TX. Tony
Michaelson has a new position as a
marketing manager for The United
Learning Institute whose business conducts
personal development training programs
for corporations and the government. He
and his family live in Bend, OR. Clarke L
Todd has a new position as an account
executive for Americall LDe, Inc. based in
Jacksonville, FL.
Class of
'66 and '67
Charles Meech '66 is a managing director
with the Canadian American Bank, a
merchant bank in London. Frank Forque
'66 is the manager of exportlimport with
The Ford Motor Company in Santiago,
Chile. Horst M. Busse '67 has started his
own consulting firm in Ada, MI, concerned
mainly with advertising, marketing, and
public relations for small businesses and
service organizations. William C. Dyer '67
is in San Francisco, CA. where he is the
executive assistant to the president with
Connell Brothers Company, Ltd. , an
export/joint venture concern expanding
operations in South America. J.e. Hallman
'67 and his wife Ulla are residing in
Tom J. McSpadden '65 Douglas Linder '67
Stockholm, Sweden where he is group vice
president/Scandinavia for the credit
card-travelers check division of the
American Express Company AB. Kenneth
R. Kupper, '67, after a diversified career
with Merrill Lynch Exxon and The Bank of
America, is now self-employed as a real
estate investor. Douglas Linder '67 has
been elected president of Cargill Agricola,
S.A., a Brazilian subsidiary of Cargill, Inc.
John T. Lyons '67 is finance director for the
city of Champaign in Illinois. David B.
McCracken '67 has just assumed additional
responsibilities with ARMCO-European
Division as the manager of the
Construction Products Division for Western
Europe. His promotion will require his
presence in Paris for some time to coml'
and he hopes to hear from T-Birds in the
neighborhood I Horst P. Nolden '67 is the
marketing sales manager with Natroneg
Gmbh, Goslar-Oker, a packaging concern
in West Germany.
Class of
'68
Charles M. Barringer holds the position of
sales engineer for Africa, employed by
Langston whose base of operations is in
New Jersey. Michael C. Pierce is a law
partner with Pierce and Hutchinson in
Balboa, Panama, specializing in admiralty
and commercial law. David Rosen is the
regional manager for Best Manufacturing,
Inc. of New York, NY, producers of textiles
and uniforms. Steven e. Thomas is with
the Coldwell Banker and Company,
specializing in real estate loans and sales,
of Beverly Hills, CA.
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Class of
'69
Michael Q. Adams is a telecommunications
consultant employed by the Digital
Equipment Corporation of Waterton, MA.
Fred D. Bloom has left the J.l. Case
Company to accept a position as an
international sales manager with Broco,
Inc. of Pomona, CA. Jack Elmore is a
finance manager employed by Solar
Turbines, a manufacturing concern based
in San Diego, CA. Graham M. Lowe is
part-owner with the Plymouth Trading
group in Philadelphia, P A. Marshall R.
Malden joined the Cabot Corporation in
Kokomo, IN in August of 1981 to head up
the international division of the
corpora tion' s high technology rna terials
division. Dietrich Piotrowski is a controller
for a Textron, Inc., subsidiary in Hamburg,
West Germany. Ramon Urbano has
changed positions and is now employed by
Cargill, Inc. in New York City. Sidney B.
Watts is self-employed in real estate and
investments in Reading, PA.
Class of
'70
Christopher Barltrop is the vice president
of the American Security Bank, N.A. which
is based in Washington, D.C. James D.
Cole is residing in Davis, CA where he is
with Western Concentrates, Inc. William J.
Gunnel IV is based in Athens, Greece
where he is a vice president for the Kaiser
International Services Corporation. R. Lynn
Hurlbert, president of the Export-Union
Latinoamericana, Inc. recently served as
moderator on the panel at the Eighth
Annual Ocean/Air Documentation Seminar,
addressing the question of how to set up
an electronic interchange of international
trade documentation. Larry E. McCarver,
director of marketing with the Barton Valve
Company, a major fabricator of high
pressure oil valves, has been named to the
U.s. Trade Advisory Board on Energy
Exports. The board advises the Secretary of
Commerce and the U.s. Trade
representative and recommends policies for
energy technology exports and energy
marketing policies. James L. Rawn is vice
president and general manager with the
Seoul branch of the Chemical Bank in
Korea.
Class of
'71
Richard T. Iri is the president and owner
of Farrell, Iri Inc.-DBA the Framers Guild,
an art gallery and picture framing chain
with headquarters in Long Beach, CA. Jim
Kohl and his wife, Jerry, have returned
from Brazil, after spending 11 years there,
to found an electronics distributor,
representative, and export company in
Miami, servicing all of Latin America and
the Caribbean. Peggy Watson Lupton is a
financial analyst of corporate credit services
for Ethan Allen, Inc., a furniture maker
based in Danbury, CT. Robert D. Scholle
is a general manager with American
Express Bank in Cairo, Egypt. Charles J.
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Taplin is no longer with William Wrigley
of Spain and is now employed as
marketing director of U.R.M. International
in Madrid, Spain. James Wills has been
transferred from Crocker Bank's Latin
American area to Crocker Bank
International in New York, NY as the
general manager of banking.
Class of
'72
John F. Brandenburg II is the vice
president of the NCH Corporation and
resides in Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.c. Manfred
Braun has transferred from Germany to
Paris where he is area manager for
Southern Europe/North Africa with the
Hughes Tool Company. Donald P. Carson
has been elected senior vice president in
the International Banking Group with
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company of
Winston-Salem, NC. Mike Groeneveld is
the international sales coordinator of the
Ridge Tool Company, a subSidiary of
Everson Electric Company whose
headquarters are in Elyria, OH. Gary J.
Matus is vice president with Security
Pacific National Bank in San Francisco.
Ralph Miller II is currently the senior sales
representative for American Hospital
Supply based in Evanston, IL. Michael F.
O'Donnell of New York is currently a vice
president with Citibank, N.A. Michael
Smith is an aircraft manager for NASA,
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.
Lianne Sorkin is the president of Global
Speaker, Inc. whose offices are located in
New York, NY. C. Greg Wadas is with
Trade Media, Ltd., a trade journal
publishing company in Hong Kong.
Class of
'73
Donald James Bisbee has stopped
practicing law to manage his own business
partnership, Arizona Carriage, Inc., which
includes a leasing company, an auto tire
store, and a Yamaha golf cart dealership.
He is the largest private sales dealer for
Yamaha in America. Steven Bisbee is a
trial attorney working for the public
defense in Phoenix, AZ. Robert M. Dix, Jr.
is vice president and Canadian petroleum
executive with the Calgary Branch of Chase
Manhattan Bank of Canada in Alberta.
James Henderson is the president of Eagle
Vehicles, specializing in industrial battery
powered personal and cargo carriers in
Irving, TX. John T. Lampe and his wife,
Barbara, have moved to San Jose, Costa
Rica, where he has been transferred with
Firestone International. He is sales director
there for Industria Firestone De Costa Rica,
S.A. Jae Suk Lee is a manager in the
international finance department of the
Korea Development Bank in Seoul. Gary
G. Miller is a sales agent with the
Combined Insurance Company in San Luis
Obispo, CA. David H. Roberts has a new
position as vice president of Citibank, N.A.
and is currently based in Jakarta as
segment head in the Corporate Bank. J.
Michael Sale is general manager of two
factories for Electro-Coatings, Inc. in
Houston, TX, with a market area covering
the southern half of the U.S., Mexico, and
the Caribbean. Stephen Shephard is a
funeral director with Howard A.
Farnsworth in Pittsburgh, PA. Kyu H.
Shin is an instructor at the Korea
University in Seoul. Wan S. Sohn is a
manager with the Korean Traders
Association in Seoul. A new position for
Susan F. Stevens is as vice president of
investment banking products marketed in
Mexico for the Bank of America. Michael
Suarez is manager of The Bank of America,
San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Dennis A.
Velie has recently accepted new
employment and is now director of
international sales for Frost, Inc. in Grand
Rapids, MI. Daniel L. Zigal is the vice
president and managing director for the
l.C.D. Group, Inc. of New York and is
currently employed in Hong Kong where
he has worked since September of 1978.
Class of
'74
January 1, 1983, Nancy Jones Armstrong
was promoted to the VP chair at Lloyds
Bank International Limited, New York, NY.
and two weeks later began maternity leave
for her first child, expected February 20.
Egon Braun, after a successful career in
import/export trade with a European
enterprise, began medical studies at the
American University of Caribbean in 1978,
graduating in May of 1981. Dr. Braun tells
us, "My training at AGSIM has been a
great asset for which I am grateful and
proud." T-Birds succeed everywhere! Dan
Cox is employed with the Central National
Venazatana de Papel y Celulosa, C.A. of
Venezuela. Cox has recently been
promoted to the post of managing director
for the paper and forest products firm and,
effective January 2, 1983, will head the eN
office in Venezuela. Susan McLane Dudley
works for Frito-Lay Inc. of Dallas, TX. as a
distribution services manager. Bernie
Faucher is a credit manager in international
banking with Manufacturers Hanover
International Banking Corp. in Boston,
MA. Norm Huddle is a broker/exchange
counselor with Sun King Investments, a
commercial and investment real estate
concern, in Glendale, AZ. Kemp B.
Johnson joined the Central Bank for
Cooperation in Denver, CO. in early 1982
as assistant VP. His duties are as an
international credit analyst. Ralph Johnson,
after three and a half years in international
sales with Versatec Inc., a Xerox company,
was offered the opportunity to relocate to
San Diego, CA. to establish a new sales
office with the same firm, a manufacturer
of computer-aided design products. Dain
K. Lauderback is the director of marketing
communications employed by North Pacific
Grain Growers, Inc., a grain exporting firm
located in Portland, OR. Norman McIntosh
is a senior evaluation analyst in export
financing and credit insurance for the
Export Development Corporation of
Ottawa, where, he informs us, a new
T-Bird graduate has recently been hired.
Kelan S. Moore is an account executive
with Thomson McKinnon Securities, an
investment brokerage firm in Austin, TX.
Ronald G. Percival has a new position as
vice president with Chemical Bank, New
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
York, NY. Jose M. Santos has been
promoted to the position of supervisor of
the product market division for the
Caterpillar Co., responsible for Canada and
Latin America. Edward R. Secore is a
consultant in the publishing business for
the J.S. Paluch Co. in Torrance, CA.
William L. Valenti is executive vice
president for the Saehan Merchant Banking
Corp. (Chemical Bank Investment) in
Seoul.
Class of
'75
Sara K. Burgess is a senior consultant of
data processing for Alexander Grant and
Co., Dallas, TX. Jung Bae Kim is a
manager with Asia Cement Manufacturing
Ltd. of Seoul. Michael J. Bluth is a product
manager for the American Cyanamid Co.
in Wayne, NJ. Jay P. Boyd has moved
from Athens to Oxford, England where he
is a district manager for the Grove
International Corporation, responsible for
sales in six Mediterranean countries.
Christine Thompson-Doron, employed by
Cooper Industries, Inc., Houston, TX. is an
international finance analyst in charge of
exchange exposure and international cash
management. Christine is interested in
hearing from profs at AGSIM with
expertise related to these two fields.
Contact staff for address! Bradley Mark
Feinberg is a senior associate with William
G. Barker and Associates, an energy
transportation consultancy of Arlington,
TX. Michael R. Flynn has a new position
as assistant vice president of the
Independence Bank in Los Angeles, CA.
Richard E. Godfroy has recently
transferred from New England Telephone
Co. to American Bell, Inc., the Providence,
RI branch, as a marketing support
specialist. Ju-SuP Hahn is a professor at
the Chung-Ang University in Seoul. Alfred
Charles Hamburg, formerly employed by
International Harvester in Paris, has
accepted a new position as an account
officer with Citibank in Sao Paulo. Thomas
Hedges has left Buenos Aires after three
years as general manager of S.A. marketing
with Castle & Cooke, Inc. to start a new
office as northwest manager in Seattle,
WA. with Pandol Bros., a newly-formed
banana importing company. Ormand G.
Hilderbrand has been transferred to
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he is a
general manager of agricultural
development with AlkhorayefNaLmont
Industries. Veronica Marie Kludjian is an
account executive with Foote, Cone, and
Belding in New York, NY. Bruce LaMarche
has joined Arab Finagrain Agribusiness
and Trading Company (UK) Ltd. in
Geneva. John H. Miesel is an export
administration manager with Steelcase,
Inc., an office furniture concern in Grand
Rapids, MI. V. Elizabeth Perry holds a
new position as a divisional manager of
sales organization for A. L. Williams and
Associates in Wilmington, NC. Robert L.
Smith, Jr. has accepted a post as director
of product planning and marketing strategy
for European operations of The Firestone
Tire and Rubber Company, with
headquarters in Bethune, France. James B.
Styer has been named the new assistant
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
general secretary for finance and services of
the National Council of Churches in New
York, NY with responsibility for all
business services of the nation's largest
ecumenical agency. James has worked for
the NCC in various positions since 1976,
including an appointment in Guatemala
with Church World Service and as director
of financial management with the largest
unit, The Division of Overseas Ministries.
He and his wife, Beth, and their two sons
are living in Manhattan. Larry Dale Ursich
is the general manager of Continental
Airlines in Frankfurt, Germany. Peter W.
Wefel has been promoted to vice president
with Chase Manhattan Bank in Houston,
TX. James W. Whitehead, Jr., holds a new
position as vice president of operations for
Venturcorp, Inc. in Houston, TX.
Class of
'76
Jorge Colorado is a management consultant
with Dwight Staes and Company, CPAs of
Houston, TX. Edward Freeman wears two
professional hats--one as vice president of
the Freeport Trading Company and the
second as general manager of Skyland
Construction Company, both of Portland, Scott Dallllison '75 Alfred Hamburg '75
OR. Linda A. Grandstaff has a new
position as assistant vice president of the
international division with AmeriTrust in
Cleveland, OH. Sang S. Han is a manager
with the Nam Kwang Construction
Company in Seoul, South Korea.
Soquelease, a subsidiary of La Societe
Generale employs Cathleen M. Hudnall as
an assistant vice president in charge of
credit department leasing. Karl O. Kluever
is the assistant vice president operations
officer for the Bank of America in Santiago,
Chile where he lives with his wife, Pilar,
and two daughters, Andrea and Maria
Fernanda. George Marlin is the
Oregon/Alaska district manager for the Thomas Hedges '75 Robert L. Smith '75
Coca Cola Company in Bellevue, WI.
Maegene Nelson is a lending officer with
the Bank of Montreal in Houston, TX.
Pamela Papas holds a position as the
Penninsula area manager of Wine World,
Inc. She sells premium California wines
produced by Beringer with a sales territory
from South San Francisco to Carmel. Alain
Remy has recently joined Dow Chemical in
Paris where he enjoyed rapid promotion to
the position of cost accounting supervisor.
Barbara A. Silverman is newly employed
in the position of product manager for the
Welch Foods Company in Concord, MA.
Frank W. Snell is the major products
manager for Reed Irrigation Systems and Michael HennesseJ} '76 Robert G. Lees '77
for the last three years has worked in Latin
America. RIS is an Australian manufacturer
of micro-irrigation systems based in San
Diego, CA. Timothy W. Sullivan and his
wife, Vivian, have moved to Australia
where he has taken a position as area
manager for the Bucyrus-Erie Mining and
Machinery Company of South Milwaukee,
WI. Lawrence E. Travis is the new
assistant vice president and deputy
manager of the Banca Nazionale Del
Tavore in Atlanta, GA. James J. Tubridy
has just been named vice president general
manager of Banco Consolidado of
Venezuela Consolidated Bank, Hialeah, FL.
He resides in New York. Jallet Haskell-Mathieu '78
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Class of
'77
Morton Aas is assistant vice president with
Bank of America in London. William
Bennett is employed by the Steiner
Corporation in their general office in Salt
Lake City, VT. Art Brina is the vice
president of the international division for
The Princeton Group, a management
consulting firm. Kathleen (McCarthy)
Castracane has moved to Montreal where
she accepted a position as traffic manager
with Pedigree, Inc., a sportswear
manufacturer/importer in Quebec, after
working for four years as an import
specialist in Baltimore, MD. Sara Chadwick
recently left the corporate setting to initiate
an independent consulting service as a
petroleum landman to the oil and gas
industry . Sara was formerly with Aminoil
U.S.A., Inc. and has become a member of
the American MENSA Society. Yo un H.
Choi has taken a position with the Han
Yang Construction Company in Seoul,
South Korea. Diane Lee Connelly,
formerly an international trade specialist
with the office of the Governor of Arizona,
is pursuing her B.S. in Nursing at the
Arizona State University. Edward Danse is
new products manager for Scholl, Inc. in
Memphis, TN. Roy Daugherty is with
Comsat Satellite Communications in
Arlington, VA, in their World Systems
personnel department. Bob Durk is a
director of marketing with Pepsi Company
in Carrollton, TX. David Erlanger is now
~ontroller of the Mollen Lumber Company
In Los Angeles, CA. where he also resides.
Lisa Hamilton is an export marketing
manager for Del Laboratories in
Farmingdale, NY. Timothy Heinrich is a
manager for Peabody-Galion located in
Galion, OH. Charles L. Irby is the
vice-president/general manager of the Irby
Construction Company in Jackson, MS.
Scott K. Johnson has new employment
with the National Bank of Abu-DhdJ i,
Tunis Branch. Young J. Jun is with Band
Sangsa Company in Seoul, South Korea.
Arthur Kenney is the director of marketing
for Costa Cruises in New York City where
he recently ran the New York marathon in
the very respectable time of two hours
fifty-eight minutes and fifty-seven seconds.
Bravo! Jon Kranz, the assistant chef to
Michael Phillips, recently helped organize
the New York Marathon, a job involving
two weeks of full-time work. George D.
Krempley holds a new position as
marketing vice president for the INA
Corporation based in New York. Joan L.
Larson is employed by Merrill Lynch as an
account executive in New York. Scott
Learmonth and his wife, Brook 78, have
moved to Juba-il, Saudi Arabia where he
has been transferred as supervisor in the
industrial relations department of the
National Methanol Company. Robert G.
Lees has been promoted to export market
development manager of Latin America
and Asia Pacific Division with the Corning
International Corporation. He has returned
to the firm's headquarters in New York
after spending a year in Japan where he
was involved in business development.
David W. Loeb has moved to Santiago,
Chile WIth hIS WIfe Blanca and their two
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children, where he has been named
ter~itory manager for John Deere, covering
ChIle, Uruguay, and BraZIl. S.M. Miller is
continuing his career with the Department
of State as a foreign service officer,
currently assuming the responsibilities of
transportation analyst in the Office of
Maritime and Land Transport. Mark
Rousseau has started his own consulting
prachce, Rousseau and Associates, in
Chicago, IL specializing in information
systems and computing on an international
basis. St~ven R. Scott is a systems engineer
for IBM In Oakbrook, IL. Paul Tolnai is the
Western regional sales manager for the
ApplIed Solar Energy Corporation in the
City of Industry, CA. Curtis S. Ward is an
!ndustrial engineering manager with INTEL
In Chandler, AZ after leaving Chrysler
International in 1978. Millar (Joe) White III
has moved to Kirkland, WA, where he is a
sales representative for the Union Carbide
Corp., responsible for marketing industrial
and specialty gases in Washington state.
Nejib ben Yedder has left the New York
offices of S.c. Magazines Ltd. and is now
splitting his responsibilities between the
London and Paris offices of the same firm.
Class of
'78
David L. Brothers has left the Austin, TX
area on a 12 month contract to teach
training management to the miHtary in
Niirnberg, West Germany. Ann Butler is
living in Boulder, CO where she is the
senior assistant product manager in the
health and beauty aids division for
Celestial Seasonings. Margot N. Clarke is
an international sales and marketing
specialist for American Pharmaseal in
Glendale, CA, with a special field of
interest in Europe and Latin America.
Dennis M. Egge is newly employed as an
industrial analyst with the Boeing Co. in
Seattle, WA. Joan Garza is employed by
Elizabeth Arden of New Jersey where she
is the export marketing manager for Latin
America. Janet E. Haskell-Mathieu is a
manager of corporate development with
the Smithkline Beckman Corp. of
Philadelphia, P A. She is residing with her
husband Stephen in Collingswood, NJ.
Peter C. Horbye left the Ford Motor Co. in
1980 to join the investment banking field.
He is currently a portfolio manager with
Lehman Brothers Kuhn and Loeb
International. He has resided in London for
two years and plans to stay another two to
three years. Eve Marie Hutin is in London
where she has taken a position as account
officer with Banque Indosuez. Robert Alan
Johnstone is the assistant to the president
of a newly formed subsidiary in Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia, of the Boeing Co. On
December 11, 1982, Yoel Kende began a
new position as products manager in
chemical trading with the 16 D Group,
New York, NY. Paul G. King has recently
accepted a new position as a personnel
officer with the U.S. Department of
Agriculture with whom he has been
employed for the last three years. He
works and lives in Florida. Johnell J.
Kusler has recently left the Clark
Equipment Company where she was a
senior accountant, to accept a position with
the Tennant Company as accounting
manager in Minneapolis, MN. Kwansik
Lee is a marketing manager for Polaroid
Far East Ltd. in Seoul. Annick Cluzel Luke
has accepted a position as analyst in the
Investments and acquisitions divison of
Ciba-Geigy in Basle, Switzerland. Jo-Ann
Lynch is a supervisor of customer servicing
with American Cable TV in Phoenix, AZ.
Emilio Manzano is a district manager for
Paccar International of Bellevue, WA in
their .South.America division. Philip
Martmeau IS the manufacturing director of
new product management with the On an
Corporation, Minneapolis, MN. Robert H.
Mason is the manager of the Far
EastlMiddle East division of TuffKote
Dinol, a firm in Troy, MI. Service line
management and marketing are the new
responsibilities of Ruth S. McCurdy who is
employ~d by AT&T's overseas department
In Morns Plains, NJ. In Milpitas, CA,
Sandra J. McDevitt is a manager of
marketing and development for Diasonics,
a communications firm. Hanni K. von
Metzger is a trade finance coordinator with
Citibank, N.A. in Puerto Rico. In this new
position, she will be responsible for
assisting clients with their import/export
needs. W. Scott Nix is a marketing
manager with Lumonics of Tempe, AZ.
Bernard J. Ouimette has accepted a new
rosition as export director for Hilasal, a
firm for which he recently opened a New
York branch and which is recognized as an
international fashion leader in jumbo
towels, robes, and wraps. Patricia A.
Powell has left the Chicago-based
Sherwin-Williams plant to join with Gray
Drug Fair as director of accounting in
Ohio. Marcia G. Lobock-Solochek is a
market administrator with Mountain Bell in
Phoenix, AZ. The distribution and
marketing of films for Warner Brothers in
Singapore is the responsibility of R. Diane
Sherman, the company's general manager
there. Brunjulf Skaugen, after working for
two years with Ford in Cologne, is
currently employed by Peraco Chartering
Corp. as a shipbroker in Greenwich, CT.
Judy A. Vlastnik is the recently promoted
regional director for European and Middle
East distributions for Estee Lauder
International of New York. In a new
position as product director for Vicks
Health and Beauty aids is Heidi
Winkelmann who resides in Wilton, CT.
Dennis T.Y. Wong is a credit analyst with
Westminster Bank of San Francisco, CA.
Class of
'79
Young Ahn is an assistant manager with
Marine Midland Bank in Seoul. Abolfazl
Alirezaifar is a controller for Dyna
Electronics Inc., a microcomputer
manufacturer located in Sunnyvale, CA.
ACT, an electronics components distributor
located in Addison, TX has recently
employed Melody A. BaIl in a position
with inside sales. Richard A. Barasch is a
marketing field manager in the LA district
sales office for the Ford Motor Co.
C.D. Boyce has resigned from First
National Bank of Chicago and is working
as a free-lance computer consultant in
Minneapolis, MN. Michael Franckowiack
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
is the president of Superior Auto and
Mercantile, Inc. in Scottsdale, AZ. Patrick
Francois has assumed the interesting
responsibilities of manager of
import-exports with La Societe Auchan in
Velleneuve D' Aseq, France, that require
extensive worldwide travel. Stephan J.
Heim was hired in April '82 as product
manager for TDX, an automated
therapeutic drug monitoring system, for
the Abbott Laboratories in Irving, TX.
Masatoshi Inque has returned to the U.S.
from Japan and is residing in Denver, CO.
Kil W. Lee is vice president/manager of
Pfizer Korea Ltd. in Seoul. Young Ho Lee
is with the Daelim Construction Co. in
Seoul. .vicki D. Logan is writing
advertismg for Jordan Case and McGratz in
New York, NY. Peter J. Martin and Nancy
Fuhrman-Martin, who met at AGSIM, are
expecting their first child in March and
they report they may name numero uno
AGSIM Voris. Nancy is employed by Blue
Cross of Colorado as a reimbursement
specialist and Peter works in export/import
sales for Mitsubishi International Corp. in
Denver, CO. John Joseph McCague is a
manager of internatioIfal marketing with
the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation in
Pittsburgh and will be traveling throughout
Lahn Amenca to fulfill his responsibilities
in this position. Philip A. Mekrut is an
account executive for Pacific Telephone in
Orange, CA. Shoma Mukherjee is a
manager with Globe Commercial Agency, a
ShIpping and aIr cargo forwarding agency
In New DelhI, IndIa. Sang K. Oh is with
Pfizer Korea Ltd. in Seoul. Mark Payton is
currently the manager of worldwide
marketing and planning for M.W. Kellogg,
In Houston, TX. Mark's new position
represents a promotion for him, and he
reports directly to the president. Stuart
Radnofsky will assume a position
marketing home computer systems for
Atari International beginning December
1982. Ken Stratton is the director of US
operations for Lingual House Publishing,
Inc., m Tucson, AZ. publishing language
matenals to be sold in the States and in
Japan. Jin H. Yu is with Siemens Electrical
Engineering Co. in Seoul.
Class of
'80
James E. Anderson has recently completed
Chase Manhattan's credit training and was
workmg as a Francophone marketing
officer in New York for ten months. He has
been assigned, effective January 1, 1983, to
Dakar, Senegal for Chase's overseas
corporation. Jamshid Behzadi, employed
as the attache director in the textile
industry for SONITEX in Algeria extends
his wish to hear from any Thunderbird
traveling through Africa or the Middle
East. Interested " Birds in Flight" can
contact the alumni office. Patricia L. Byrne
fulfills the responsibilities of international
marketing support manager for Atex, Inc. ,
a computer firm in Bedford, CA. Mona
Rizk Carbona announces to us her new
employment as assistant property manager
for First Realty Management Corp. of
Boston. She currently resides in Roslindale,
MA. Anita Claricoates is a multinational
division officer of accounts responsibility
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
working for the First National Bank of
Chicago. Kristanne Connors is currently
workIng for DuPont as an internal auditor.
Alain Cuissart de Gaelle is an assistant
manager with Twentieth Century Fox in
Santiago, Chile. The Manufacturers
Hanover Trust has recently employed as a
loan officer and business development
specialist Jennifer C. Cusick in New York,
NY. Susan D. Eckhardt is a sales
representative for the medical laboratory
supplies firm, Monoject Scientific in S.
Easton, MA. Kent Erickson is a stock
broker/account executive with Dean Witter
Reynolds in Phoenix, AZ. Lindsey Fessler
is the corporate finance officer with the
Bank of America Commercial Credit
Corporation in Miami, FL. Melanie Hachett
Franko is employed by the Mellon Bank in
Pittsburgh as a strategic planner. Stephen
Gross, who had been working in the
international banking division of Texaco
Inc. at their New York headquarters, has
been assigned to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
where he is now assistant to the president
of Texaco Saudi Inc. Carolyn Gutbrod is a
senior credit analyst with Commerzbank
AG at their New York branch, where she
has been recently transferred from their
headquarters in Frankfurt, West Germany.
Newly employed as an international credit
analyst is Barbara L. Hochfield, working
for Manufacturers Hanover Trust. Robert
Jelderks has received a recent promotion in
the American Cyanamid Co. and is now a
marketing research analyst of agricultural
products in the Americas/Far East division .
His new position involves frequent travel
to Latin America. Judith Wertheimer
Kenley is a country credit service officer for
Venezuela, Panama, Central America and
the Caribbean, working in New York for
Chase Manhattan. After returning to his
home country of Pakistan, Saleem Yaqub
Khan took a position with the Bank of
Credit and Commerce International and is
currently working in their documentary
credits department in Cairo. He writes,
"The job is in line with my career
objectives and my studies at AGSIM. I feel
fortunate at having received an
international posting so early on in my
career ... I would be very pleased to meet
T-Bird friends residing or passing through
Cairo." Ja-Yoon Koo is an economist in the
research department of the Korea
Development Bank in Seoul. Unnur M.
Grondal Kornma},er was named a banking
offIcer In the speCIal industries services
department for Continental Bank of
Chicago, IL. Lynne C. Larson is a sales
representative/hospital specialist with the
American Hoechst Corporation, responsible
for seven teaching hospitals in Arizona.
Sujati Liptawat is with Bank of America
working in the credit division of their
Bangkok branch. Paul F. Meyer recently
left Dow Jones and Co. to become the
associate director for an international
publishers representative company, Seavex
Ltd. , based in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
Philip Miller's last 12 months have been
full of new developments. In 12/81, Miller's
second son, Christopher, was born. In
November of '82, Miller accepted the vice
presidency of finance with the White-Cube
Corporation of Santa Fe Springs, CA.
Therese M. Miller holds the position of
Shoma Mukherjee 79 Tom Mitchell '80
cash management officer for the Texas
Commerce Bank in El Paso, TX. Jeremy
Nash is an income administrator for the
Hunger Project at their international office
in San Francisco, CA. Michael O'Donnell
has accepted a position as vice president of
international banking with Citibank in New
York. Patrick Pancoast is a marketing/credit
officer for Manufacturers Hanover Trust
and was recently transferred to the Los
Angeles Edge Act branch from New York.
Salvator J. Pappalardo has been elected
assistant secretary in Manufacturers
Hanover Trust Co.'s international division
in New York, NY. Rene Pfalzgraf is
self-employed as a counselor for
self-improvement in Glendale, AZ.
Ratanowan Pruthikosit is newly employed
in the position of deputy managing director
responsIble for overall activity for the Thai
Navakli Co., Ltd. in Bangkok. Jim
Reynolds is a district sales manager in the
manufacturing field for Arvin Industries
based in Phoenix, AZ. Reynolds lives and
works in Albuquerque. John S. Rogers is
the office manager for Radio Shack
Franchise International, Latin America
division, in Fort Worth, TX. Gail Ruckel is
newly employed by Hughes Aircraft as a
management systems analyst in southern
California. She is responsible for testing
computer software in the satellites division
for Hughes and informs us that Hughes is
hiring! Yoshiaki Sahoda is the branch
administration officer for the Royal Bank of
Canada. Kathleen A. Sebastian is an
international marketing manager with
Warn International in Seattle, WA. John
W. Scott II is a vice president with G.T.
Murray and Co. , an investment firm in
Helena, MT. He is presently developing
brokerage services in their new office in
Cheyenne, WY. His wife, Marci, is
engaged in commercial art. Cletus A.
T~iebeau is an assistant operation manager
WIth the Ingersoll-Rand Financial Corp. in
Phoenix, AZ. He is living in Glendale with
his wife, Anne, and their 19 month old
daughter, Jessica. He is starting a small
business consulting corporation. Filippo G.
Turrini is a manager of bank marketing
WIth Amencan Express in Sao Paulo.
Stewart and Susan Wood are both
employed in Chicago. Stewart is a bond
futures trader with the Chicago Board of
Trade and Susan is the midwest marketing
representative for the Coffee Development
Group.
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Class of
'81
J.D. Al~e.n has left Le R.0i Dresser to accept
the position of mternational director with
the Wilden Pump and Engineering Co. in
Colton, CA. Radhika Batra Banerjee is an
international and government sales
supervisor for Jenson Tools-Axia Inc. of
Phoenix, AZ. McMaster Carr of Elmhurst,
IL has recently employed Ophelia L.
Barsketis as a sales development associate.
Carolyn M. Bondy is a consolidation
accountant for Anaconda-Ericsson of
Ridgefield, CT. Working as an export
financer for Chemical Bank in New York,
NY., Lauren A. Bonoff is responsible for
Worldwide Trade and Financial Services.
Gerry E. Chambliss is a program
administrator with the Harris Corp.
satellite communications division in
Melbourne, FL. He and his wife, Lori Lee,
have just returned from Argentina where
his company was involved in installing a
system for ENTEL, the national phone
company there. John Citti is a financial
services representative for Century 21 of
the Northeast, Inc. in New York, NY. He
wis~es "good ball" to all AGSIM ruggers.
Lam E. Clark has a new position as an
investment executive with Paine Webber in
Los Angeles, CA. S. Craig Collins is in
Brussels where he is a marketing
representative with John Deere
International Ltd. New to the position of
assistant account executive for Grey
Advertisin& of San.Francisco, CA. is Mary
F. Doan. Vice preSident of marketing for
national sales is Canteg Ergen employed by
Echosphere Corp. in Englewood, CO.
Deborah Fischer-Brown was promoted to
account executive with Ketchum
Advertising in San Francisco, CA. and is
currently working on Clorox business in
this capacity. Mark Friebel is an export
coordinator with the Verbatim Corp. of
Sunnyvale, CA. Catherine R. Gordon is a
grain merchandiser for the Continental
Grain Co. of Memphis, TN. James R.
Hailey is a self-employed concrete
contra~tor living and working in Phoenix,
AZ. TImothy J. Hanahan has accepted a
new position in the international finance
department, Citibank, NA of New York as
assistant manager. Robert Hans has been
promoted to top assistant manager for the
Royal Bank of Canada at the Hato Rey
branch, Puerto Rico. Bettina Hirsch is the
product manager for hospital products of
Jo~nson an? Johnson in Salzburg, Austria.
Ki Y. Jang IS an assistant manager with
Cltibank m Seoul. Sharon A. Johnson is a
credit analyst in training at the Bank
Dallas-Texas N.A. of Dallas, TX. Nadine
Kaplann-Wildmann is a production
m~nager for the advertising firm, the
Hiebmg Group, Inc. of Madison, WI.
Iwona Kervinen is a director of
international trade with K.V. Kervinen in
Helsinki. Thomas Joseph Mahowald is vice
president of the Berthold, Colorado Diane
Chemicals, of Boulder, CO. The Dupont
plant in Orange, TX has a newly employed
mternal auditor, Cynthia D. McNulty.
Mortada Mohamed has accepted the
position of assistant to the managing
drrector and mternational financial
controller with the International Business
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Association. Margaret (Megan) A. Morris
stopped by the alumni office on the way to
Denver where she has established
resid~nce as a s~lf-employed agentlbroker.
WOOl-Long Ng IS employed by American
Inte:nationalindustries, an engineering
tradmg frrm m Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
:vhere he is a sales manager. Jerry Norris
IS a self-employed attorney in Lincoln, NE.
Robin Pegue holds a position in
international sales and marketing with
Kero-Sun Inc. a manufacturer of portable
heaters. She is currently residing in New
Jersey after spending 2V2 months in the UK
as part of the company's international sales
development team. Sungkeun Rhee is
currently a partner of Frankie's Market in
Long Beach, CA. Teri A. Rothbauer has a
new position as a banking associate with
the Continental Bank in Chicago. Diana
Owens Schrom left her job in June at the
First City National Bank of Houston where
she was a financial analyst. She now
resides in Bogota with her husband Bill.
Deniz Selman is living and working in
Istanbul, Turkey, in his family business,
Seldem International where he is
responsible for international relations in the
marketing of imported chemicals to
Turkey. For John Deere Intercontinental
Limited, Mary L. Sliger has been
appointed administrator of governmental
and international accounts concentrating on
Latin America and the Far East. In
accepting the overseas assignment, Sliger
has become the first woman on which J.D.
International has conferred this task.
William Sloot is a marketing trainee for
NSM, a fertilizer manufacturer and
currently lives in Brussels. Kathi Steiner is
an international officer for EuropelMiddle
East territory with Security Pacific National
Bank in Los Angeles. Ellen Stromberg has
a new position as an account executive
with Dean Witter Reynolds in Berkeley,
CA. Dan ~utton is presently the manager
of International Sales for Latin America in
the steel trading division of Cargill Inc.
based in Minneapolis, MN. Cheri Tillman
holds the position of foreign trade
representative in international banking for
the Albuquerque National Bank in
Albuquerque, NM. Rick Trammel is
employed here at AGSIM as an English as
a second language instructor. Danielle
Vuong is the export/special projects
coordinator for the Frank P. Dow Co., Inc.
located in Huntington Beach, CA. Scott B.
Walker is a commercial banking officer
WIth the Societe General (French Bank) in
Houston, TX. Lynn E. Wise is newly
employed as a products manager with
Doboy Packaging in New Richmond, WI.
Class of
'82
Brent D. Amundson is working as a
marketing representative in data
communications for Tymnet, a subsidiary
of Tyms~are, in Houston. Kelly Ragan
Anerud has a new position as an
apprentice agent with New York Insurance
Co. in Phoenix. Thomas G. Behrens is
executive assistant to the president of the
American Leprosy Missions, a
not-for-profit organization based in
Bloomfield, NJ. Shelley K. Blessing tells us
she'd be happy to put up AGSIM job
'hunters if needed while in Los Angeles.
Contact alumni office for details. Erik
Bergdorf is an account executive assistant
with Grey Advertising in London. Gunnar
Boeyum is the product manager for
Inter-Nor Hotels, Oslo, where he is
responsible for marketing, project
develoPr:'ent, and personnel training. Julie
Burgess IS a manager of market planning
for Latin America with AT & T
~nternational. in Califon, NJ. Filip J. Buyse
IS the sales finance manager for the Harris
Corporation-Publication Press division,
Westerly, RI. Shu-hua Chen is a section
chief of education, training, working for
the Tunghai University business
symposium in Taiwan. K. Coleman Chuen
has accepted a position as merchandiser
with the Continental Grain Co. in
Evansville, IN. Shaun Crawley has
accepted the position of international
advertising specialist in the international
advertising department with NCR in
Dayton, OH. Benjamin G. Cruz has
accepted a position with Panelfold of
Miami in the capacity of manager,
int~rnation~l services. Joseph Dempsey is
an mternational contract negotiator with
the Santa Barbara Research Center. Theresa
Demarie is an account executive for
Mediscan of Newport Beach, CA. Todd E.
Gaermer has recently assumed the
r~sponsibiliti.es of.t~c~nical sal~s rep for the
films/packagmg diVISIOn of Umon Carbide
in New England and upstate New York.
Gaertner lives in Nashua, NH. Elizabeth
Griot is a credit analyst with Union Bank,
and is residing in Pacific Palisades, CA.
Jacques R. Gohier is employed by Eli Lilly
Corp. in Indianapolis, IN as an
international personnel associate in their
pharmaceuticals division. Mark Golodetz is
a marketing manager in the animal feed
business employed by Delta Commodities,
Inc. of Harvey, LA. Janet L. Gray has
recently accepted a new position as
financial analyst in computer
manufacturing for the Burroughs
Corporation of Pasadena, CA. Peter B.
Harwood is a project administrator/field
consultant employed by Exploration Data
Consultants, Inc. of Denver. EDC is a
geophysical exploration firm. Harwood has
recently returned from Morocco and
Ethi?pia where he was on assignment.
DaVId E. Henderson is an immigration
attorney with the David Grey Law firm in
Hollywood. Francis Clark Jones is an
export manager working in Gardenia, NC
for H. Beveridge and Co., a textile
machinery parts firm. Deborah Kaufman is
a Eurodollar broker with Lasser-Marshall in
New Yo~k. Scott R. Keeler is a purchasing
agent WIth Woodstuff Manufacturing in
Phoenix. Paul Reinhold Kern is an area
administrator, Latin America and Asia, for
SmIth and Wesson of Springifeld, MA.
Paul says, "my experience at Thunderbird
prepared me to accept immediate
responsibility soon after graduation." Aara
Killian is an export manager with Alimenta
USA, peanut brokers of Camilla, GA.
Ch.ristin.e L. Knight is newly employed as
a finanCial analyst for the commercial
helicopter and R&D division with Hughes
Helicopters of Culver City, CA. Steven J.
Kutcher is a manager of international
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
accounting with the International
Multifoods Corp. in Minneapolis, MN. Tim
A. Little is an internal auditor for
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For those of you who have been receiving the
Thunderbird Magazine, Sonia V. Thurmond is a name
that is immediately recognized. Beginning her long
career as Director of Communications and Editor of the
alumni magazine in 1968, Sonia spent the past 15 years
getting to know her readers, developing close personal
relationships with many of them in the course of her
work. In November, she resigned from the position,
leaving behind a group of admiring alumni, students,
faculty and staff.
In December, Sonia accepted a scholarship in the
History Department at American University in
Washington, D.C., where she is working towards her
Bachelor's Degree. From the Alumni/Communications
Staff, we wish her the best of luck in her studies.
We extend our appreciation to the alumni and
communications office staff, the school administration,
and faculty for their support and assistance.
-Nancy]. Greenberg '83
-Steven C. Spitts '83
To my:
Thunderbird
Friends,
Your editor has asked me for a short piece for this issue
since I didn't have time for a proper goodbye before I left.
I had wanted to attend American University after I
graduated from high school ill the Washington, D.C. area.
Life, however, brought me to Arizona, where I became
associated with AGSIM. I was also plugging away at night
elasses, getting the first two years of college under my belt.
Late last year I applied for admission to A. U. and received a
small private grant. Just before the spring term I was selected
for a Presidential Scholar award. I grabbed the opportunity,
and here I am in the second half of my junior year, a full-time
stude1lt at A. U.
I love Washington and its intellectual and cultural
stimulation. However, I do miss AGSIM and all the
wonderful people there, illeluding all my alumni friends, after
spending more than 15 years of my life at the school and
being a part of its evolutiOll from AIFT to TGSIM to
AGSIM. I miss dealing with all of you, but it is time ill my
life for new things. I take with me the warm, wonderful and
rewarding experience of having known all of you.
SOIlia Thurmond
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CONTENTS
WINTERIM '83: A DIFFERENT
KIND OF LEARNING
A look at the current program and its
historical development
A SALUTE TO DR. FRANK
JACKLE 1902-1982
SILVER REUNION:
CLASS OF '57
IN MEMORIAM TO MABEL
ERICKSON, 1918-1983
INTERVIEW: AGSIM'S WORLD
BUSINESS MAESTRO
Steve Spitts talks with Dr. Cox about his
recent appointment to President Reagan's
Private Sector Committee ----------------------------------------------4
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PROFILE: LORNA WRIGHT
'82 Alumna and ESL instructor
NEWS
SPECIAL REPORT: MEXICAN
BANKING AND ECONOMIC
CRISES
Excerpts from Dr. Paul Dickie's speech to
local alumni
THE BULLFIGHT
David Clay, '49, shares his experiences in the
arena
lDONDE ESTAN?
lQUE PASA?
UPDATES
Alumni Director and Publisher: Thomas Kidd
Editors: Nancy J. Greenberg '83
Steven C. Spitts '83
Special Assistant: Kim Thornton
Alumni Office Staff:
Cathy Benoit
Diane Bridgman
Donna Cleland
Cassy Appin '83
Suzette Gumz '83
Michael Keane '84
Mitra Mehanian '83
Rajesh Thacker '83
Front cover:
Shown are the logos of the companies who were
represented at the CEO Conference during the
Winterim '83. Also present for the conference, but not
depicted on the cover, was San Diego State University.
WINTERIM 83:
A Different
Kind of
Learning
Learning from "the masters" is a
technique as old as education
itself. Students have studied the
works of leaders in all disciplines;
in art, philosophy, science, and
even in the field of business. At
AGSIM, this method was put to
the test during Winterim 1983,
when executive representatives
from more than 50 major domestic
and international corporations,
institutions, and government
agencies served as guest "teacher"
lecturers in the World Business
Conferences.
The list of those in attendance,
which includes speakers from the
Continental Grain Company,
Motorola, Chase Manhattan Bank,
Continental Trust, American
Express Banking, Hunt-Wesson -­to
name a few -- sounds more like
a meeting of the Fortune 500 Club,
a testament to the assertion that
these executives are indeed the
leaders in their fields. With a
schedule of such impressive
visitors, and higher than ever
enrollment figures, this Winterim
promised to be the most exciting in
the ten-year existence of the
program. Judging from the
responses of the students and
faculty in retrospect, it was indeed
a success, generating much
enthusiasm for the program's
potential in the corning years.
Highlighting the Winterim
curriculum this January was the
new CEO Seminar, in addition to
the three established conferences:
Agribusiness, In terna tional
Banking, and Insurance and Risk
Management. The Chief Executive
Office Seminar was designed by
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To AGSIM's credit, we had several
alumni rehlrn to campus to lecture at the
World Business Conferences. Special
thanks for their attendance go to:
Alfred F. Miossi '48, executive vice
president and director, Continental
Illinois National Bank; John A. Warner,
'48, CEO, Sabritas S.A. de C. V. Mexico;
W.F. Quinn Jr. '54, vice president and
director of insurance, Phibro-Salomon,
Inc.; Daniel T. Jacobsen '59, chief
auditor, Citibank, N.A.; Edward R.
McCutcheon '62, vice president, Royal
Bank of Canada; J. Mark Paden, '67,
senior vice president, North Carolina
National Bank; Gary Hinshaw '79,
account executive, Johnson & Higgins;
and Thomas J. Brennan '79, director,
American Soybean Association, Vienna,
Austria.
- Nancy J. Greenberg
Dr. Clifton B. Cox, chairman of the
World Business Department and
former CEO of Armour and
Company, and Dr. Carl Frear,
professor and past executive with
General Electric. Organized around
a series of lectures given by former
and present chief executive officers
from major U.S. corporations, the
purpose of the course was to
provide the students with an
understanding of strategy and
policy development and imple­mentation
from the CEO's
perspective; it was intended to
show a top-down view of
managemen t.
The content of the individual
sessions ranged from systematic
decision-making to the issue of
women in the CEO chair, and was
found to be "thought provoking"
by the students. The information
revolution, selecting the corporate
board, customer satisfaction, and
the business of energy were also
among the topics addressed. Bart
Kornhorst, a second semester
student who was enrolled in the
course had this to say regarding
the class material and methods:
"I loved the opportunity to test
class-learned management
principles against the practical
applications a top manager would
use. I was happy to learn that
when applied fleXibly, the class
material translated well. The
structure of the course didn't take
the form of rote, textbook learning
that is common to so many classes.
We found that personal knowledge
and experience possessed by the
CEOs was the basis of
instruction. "
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And he wasn't the only one
satisfied with the shape the course
took. According to feedback
received by Dr. Frear, many of the
students thought it was the "single
greatest experience in their
business curriculum."
For many of the executives, the
seminar was their first contact with
AGSIM. The CEOs from Hercules,
Anderson-Clayton, American
Express Banking, Hunt-Wesson
and Arthur Andersen were all new
to the Thunderbird Campus. The
main reason for their visit was
simply that they were invited. "If
their schedules allowed them, then
they generally accepted," Dr. Cox
explained, and many of them have
expressed a desire to return to the
campus to lecture again. They
were not, however, brought here
for the purpose of recruiting.
"But," added Dr. Cox, "Being that
they are interested in international
business fields, we are particularly
hopeful that they become
interested in us as a resource for
future recruiting and employment.
Our idea is to have chief
executives acquainted with the
school, familiar with the school,
contributing to the school, and
hiring from the school."
Carol Schma, a student in the
CEO Seminar, felt that there was a
"door opening" of sorts, because,
as she explained,
"It was indicated that executives
would be more interested in
speaking with potential employees
that they already were familiar
with, and had personal contact
with. "
This new seminar seems to have
come through its initiation period
smoothly and successfully, with
every indication that the course
will appear again in the Winterim
roster. As Dr. Carl Frear expressed
it, "The CEO Seminar was a
rousing success."
The same degree of enthusiasm
was shown for the three other
conferences, held once again this
year, in Agribusiness, International
Banking, and International
Insurance and Risk Management.
The oldest among them, the
Agribusiness Conference,
completed its seventh year,
presenting twenty-five speakers
from the private and public
sectors, both domestic and
international. They provided a
superlative overview of
international trade, production,
marketing and management in the
field of Agriculture. "The pace was
very difficult and very intense,"
said Dr. Robert Foster, the course
director, in a recap of the program.
Speakers from the World Bank,
the Continental Grain Company,
and the W. K. Kellogg Foundation
were among the institutions
represented. A featured segment
of the program, international trade
problems, was treated by the
Honorable Richard Lyng, Deputy
Secretary of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, who has headed
numerous U.S. negotiating efforts
to lower trade barriers of the
European Common Market and
Japan. In order to present the issue
After lecturing 011 the topics of futures
markets, Dr. Ted Rice, vice president of
the Continental Grain Company, addressed
a group of students at an informal meeting
held in the Goldwater Lounge.
Dr. Natasha Josefowitz, professor of
mallagement at the San Diego State
University al1d guest lecturer at the CEO
conference, spoke before a group of women
students alld faculty members 011 tlze topic
of "Women in Management-Paths to
Power. "
The History of
Winterim
The intensive, three-week long
teaching/learning session we call
Winterim, has evolved with an
innovative character over the past
decade. It has become a showcase for
AGSIM in two respects: it offers the
students courses which would
logistically be impossible to plan for
during the regular semester, namely the
World Business Conferences, with their
host of guest lecturers, and it also allows
the professors to experiment with new
courses on a smaller scale and in a more
condensed fonn, facilitating quicker
evaluation of each class and its potential
for eventual entry into the regular
curriculum. The result is that often topics
taught during Winterim at AGSIM are
unique; they simply are not treated
elsewhere.
But Winterim has not always been of
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sucll forward-looking nature. It was
originally designed as a pragmatic
solution to a veYlf timell( economic
problem. The program was introduced in
1973 in answer to Regulation 14138 F of
tile GI Bill of Rights, which stated that,
"payment of educational benefits will
not be authorized for . .. intervals
between terms at the same school whicll
span a full calendar month or more." At
a time when one-third of the student
body was made up of veterans, the
January break between AGSIM's Fall and
Spring semesters caused this group of
students many problems. In order to fill
the time gap and allow collection of
educational benefits, a short program of
study was instituted.
Winterim did not begin with the wide
selection of courses it offers today, nor
was the registration rate anywhere near
the mark it hit this past year. In the first
Winterim session, there were 124
students enrolled, choosing their course
from among five World Business classes,
Two Agribusiness students, Dave Seed
'83, and Stephen Jelinek '83 prepared for
their case presentations while sampling
Sabritas products.
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one International Studies course, and
several advanced language sessions.
During Jamlanj, 1983, by comparison,
422 students were registered in a total of
19 courses, eig11t of them now being
taught in the IS Department. Seminars
on Modern Saudi Arabia, Western
Europe, Britain, and Asia are all
available to the Winterim student today,
as well as courses in cross-cultural
communications, economic development
and social change, and U.S. foreign
policy. In the Language Department, a
three week trip to Paris to study the
culture, along with the language, was
added to the roster.
In just ten years, the Winterim
program has progressed from an
experiment, an idea conceived out of
student necessity, to one of the most
worthwhile programs the AGSIM student
can participate in. While at one time, no
one was sure of its feasibility, today, no
one questions its success. Winterim
works - and people like it.
from the other perspectives as
well, Toshio Kanai, a senior official
from Japan's ministry of
Agriculture and William Gaillard,
of the European Community
Media Delegation also lectured on
the subject.
The case method of learning was
utilized in the program this year,
with students responsible for
presenting their ideas regarding
particular problems to a group of
executives from Sabritas, S.A. de
C.V. Mexico, a subsidiary of
PepsiCo, Inc. The company CEO,
John Warner, '48, aT-Bird
alumnus and recipient of the 1981
Jonas Mayer Award, was a
member of the panel hearing the
presentations. He found the
exercise interesting and beneficial
for him and his company as well.
"They (the students) got me to
thinking about it from a more
distant perspective . . . They
explored the problems in depth. I
can only say positive things about
what I've gained from these
meetings."
Similar feelings of satisfaction
with the International Banking
Conference and the International
Insurance and Risk Management
Seminar prevailed. An impressive
total of 27 major banking and other
financial institutions shared their
expertise at the International
Banking Conference organized by
Dr. Taeho Kim, a Fulbright fellow
whose professional area of
concentration is in international
banking, monetary theory,
econometrics, and international
business finance. The course
content dealt with the nature of
international banking services and
comparative philosophies of
foreign banks.
The International Insurance and
Risk Management Seminar, funded
this year by a grant from Johnson
and Higgins, was conducted by
Dr. Robert Carter, a visiting
professor of insurance from the
University of Nottingham. Some of
the topics treated during this
seminar included the measurement
and treatment of multinational
business risks, the nature of
insurance contracts, pricing of
insurance coverages, and
operations of u.s. insurers in
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world markets. Representatives
from insurance brokerage firms,
insurance companies, and risk
management executives from
major corporations served as
lecturers. Based on class
evaluations, Carter rated the
speakers from good to excellent,
their subject content - excellent,
and the knowledge gained by the
students - excellent.
While the Winterim World
Business Conferences are difficult
to plan for, and difficult to control
in terms of content and degree of
repetition from one speaker to
another, they have undoubtedly
become an established and much
appreciated feature of the
curriculum. Consistently
The fo llowillg corporate, agellcy, a/ld
illstitutioll representatives attended the
Winteril11 1983 World Busilless COllferellces,
Jalluary 3-21 .
Chief Executive Officer Seminar
American Express International Banking
Corporation
James R. Green
American Management Association
James L. Hayes
Anderson, Clayton & Company
T. J. Barlow
The Arizona Bank
G. Clarke Bean
Arizona Public Service Company
Keith L. Turley
Arthur Andersen & Company
Duane R. Kullberg
Karl Eller Company
Karl Eller
Cox-Lloyd
Connie Cox
The Del Webb Company
Robert K. Swanson
Hercules, Inc.
Alexander F. Giacco
Hunt-Wesson Foods, Inc.
Fred Rentschler
International Harvester Company
Louis W. Menk
Lincoln Laser
David Lincoln
Motorola
Robert W. Galvin
San Diego State University
Natasha Josefowitz
United Bank of Arizona
James P. Simmons
improving over the years, the
conferences continue to provide
the student with some of the most
valuable lessons in business that
AGSIM has to offer.
Representatives from Sabritas, SA de C. V.
Mexico, including CEO John Warner '48,
(bottol1l row-middle) joined Dr. Robert
Foster (right) in the Thunderbird
auditorium for the Agribusiness students'
case presentations.
International Banking Conference
Bank of America
Maurice G. Friedman
Chase Manhattan Bank
Hortensia Sam pedro
Chemical Bank
James H. Hillestad
Citibank, N.A.
Jack S. Berger
Daniel T. Jacobsen
Seymour R. Rosen
Continental Illinois National Bank
Alfred F. Miossi
F. John Mathis
Crocker National Bank
Roy E. Derevyanik
Deutsche Bank AG
Jens A. Westrick
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Hara Lipman
First Interstate Bank of California
G. Bruce Baker
First National Bank of Chicago (Canada)
Robert D. Haven
First Wisconsin National Bank of
Milwaukee
Douglas R. Stucky
International Monetary Fund
Zoran Hodjera
Manufacturers Hanover Leasing
Corporation
Madeline Bayless-Allen
Manufacturers Hanover Trust
Ole Jacob Diesen
Thomas M. Flattery
Eric A. Fris, Jr.
Mellon Bank, N.A.
Maryellen S. Bagley
National Bank of Detroit
William R. Flynn
North Carolina National Bank
J. Mark Paden
The Northern Trust Company
William L. Wilby
Office of Comptroller of the Currency
William A. Ryback
The Royal Bank of Canada
Edward R. McCutcheon
S.R.I. International
Hans-Martin Tucher
The World Bank
Nicholas C. Hope
International Insurance and Risk
Management
AIG Risk Management, Inc.
Joseph c. Smetana
American International Group
Thomas R. Ripp
Arizona State University
Dr. John O'Connell
Continental Insurance Companies
Martin D. Farrell
Insurance t.xchange of Americas
Alan Teale
Johnson & Higgins
H. A. Reynolds
Doug Smith
Gary Hinshaw
Phibro-Saloman, Inc.
W. F. Quinn, JI.
Talley Industries
Charles L. Lorenz
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
Agribusiness Conference
American Soybean Association, Vienna
Thomas Brennan
Banco National de Mexico
Dr. Ken Schwedel
Cargill, Inc.
Dr. John J. Mogush
Continental Grain Company
Dr. Konrad Biederman
J. B. Elliott
Dr. Ted Rice
Dr. Hiram Drache, International
Agribusiness Consultant.
The European Community Media
Delegation
William J. Gaillard
First National Bank of Chicago
1. Donald Gibb
FMC Corporation
George SaywelJ
Robert Hampton, Consultant
The Hesston Corporation
Howard Brenneman
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Dr. Russell Mawby
Livestock Industry Promotion
Corporation
Toshio Kanai
Sabritas, S.A. de C. V. Mexico
John A. Warner
Kurt Fuhrer
Rudy Jacinto
U.S. Department of Agriculture
The Honorable Richard E. Lyng
Valmont Industries
R. A. Wahl, Jr.
World Bank
Dr. W. Graeme Donovan
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
A SALUTE
TO DR.
FRANK
JACKLE
With great sadness, AGSIM
mourned the death this December
of a beloved teacher, Dr. Frank
Jackle, professor emeritus and
retired chairman of the Modern
Languages Department, who was
also instrumental in the
development of the Key Man
executive training programs. In the
Fall 1969 issue of the Thunderbird
magazine, he was recognized by a
piece written by Arthur L.
Peterson, The Sa/ute, from which
the following was reprinted:
"At Thunderbird Graduate
School, Dr. Frank JackIe
personifies this all-important
attitude of insistence on quality
in both the regular and the
Key-Man programs. For your
relentless pursuit of educational
excellence in the language
program and for your twenty
years of devoted leadership to a
language department which is
applauded around the world,
Thunderbird salutes you, Dr.
Frank JackIe."
And our school will never stop
saluting him. Thirteen years later,
when word of his death reached
the alumni, the letters expressing
sorrow and grief began coming in,
particularly from many of the
Silver Reunion attendees who had
a chance to see him only a few
days before his death. Always, in
each letter, there is the familiar
note of praise for a man whose
excellence in his work and in his
friendship was understood by all.
By those alumni to whom he
meant so much, a poem was
written in his memory.
"Not often comes along life's
path
a teacher, a friend, a tower
of love, knowledge and truth
which were his wealth and
power.
We were the children of his
heart
his mind, his spirit, his soul
No matter what our age -
we were his personal goal
Inspiring us to challenges never
dreamed we'd ever tackle
Undying love we give to our
beloved Dr. JackIe."
The Alumni
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"The nostalgia was up to here!"
That's what Ken Seward, chairman
of the Class of '57, had to say
about this December's celebration
held in honor of AGSIM's alumni
of 25 years. Once again, the school
hosted (and toasted) its silver
anniversary class with a two-day
schedule of activities, ceremonies,
and entertaining good times.
For the twenty alumni and wives
who were able to attend, the fun
began with a cocktail party in the
Goldwater Lounge, Thursday
evening, prior to Friday's
graduation exercises. The returning
T-birds, "flying" in from New
York, Texas, Colorado, California,
and Venezuela, not to mention
Arizona, spent the evening
catching up with one another,
hugging, laughing, sharing stories,
and of course-reminiscing. From
Illinois, a "Bird of Paradise" also
flew in, a lovely floral bouquet
sent from James Landolt, a '57
graduate and owner of Hennessey
Florist, who was unfortunately not
able to attend.
President William Voris and
Executive Vice President and Mrs.
Berger Erickson were naturally a
part of the welcoming committee,
which also included many of our
dedicated staff who have served
AGSIM for more than 25 years.
Professors Boller, Esh..s, and
Finney; Lea de Noronha, Martha
Snyder; and the late Dr. JackIe,
were all present to greet the
group. Representing other classes
were Webb Todd '56 who
welcomed the honored guests into
the Silver Circle, and Curgie Pratt,
of the class of '59.
On graduation day, a campus
tour of the new classroom
buildings and library where Mrs.
Lora Jean Wheeler greeted the
alumni. An outdoor luncheon
given at the home of Dr. and Mrs.
Voris, and the ceremony itself
were among the class events. Ken
Silver
Reuruon
Class of '57
Seward, senior vice president and
director of Johnson and Higgins of
New York, and his wife, Jeanette,
received their silver certificates
during the commencement
exercise, along with these 17
graduates from the class of '57:
John J. Arthur, Dean of
Admissions at AGSIM, and his
wife, Jean; David Berkey, a
self-employed realtor in Soquel,
California; Dr. Robert K. Binford, a
retired professor of higher
education in Logan, Utah, and his
wife Anne; Alexander Boggio, a
retired agricultural commodities
international broker; Virgil
Carlson, a CPA in Georgetown,
Texas; Rose and Arthur Carpenter
of Downey, California; George
Grady, a registered representative
The late Dr. Frank Jackie swapped stories
with Earl and Clela Oliver
in the Thunderbird Room.
The silver anniversary alumni and spouses attended the December '83 commencement
during their visit to AGSIM. Pictured are (left to right): Jean Arthur, Alex Boggio, Vergil
Carlson, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Waite, Ann and Donald Schroeder, Oscar and Hope Nunez,
and Lorna and George Grady.
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
of Rauscher, Pierce, Refsnes in
Tucson and his wife Ardith; Eve
and Robert Hornstein, of Global
Adventures, Inc., California; and
W. Gene Norman, general
manager of Underwood/Diablitos
Venezolanos, CA. of Venezuela.
Also being honored were Oscar
and Hope Nunez of
CaracaslTucson; Earl Oliver,
finance director of Murieta
Properties in California and his
wife Clela; Ann and Donald
Schroeder, president of Frontier
Ford Tractor of Colorado; Norma
and Gerard Scott, retired vice
president of sales for Cummins
Engine Company of Arizona;
Lorna Grady Small, member of the
border patrol for the U.S.
government in Tucson; Mr. and
Mrs. Leon Waite of Colorado; and
Frank Wallis, account executive
with Imperial Litho of Arizona.
All of the planning, the
telephone calls, and the excitement
led up to "great days, indeed!", to
quote a letter received by the
Alumni Office from Robert
Hornstein. The 1982 Silver
Reunion was the best attended yet,
and responses from the alumni
who were able to meet again
couldn't have been more positive.
So, Class of '58, start making plans
to attend next year. We need you
here to make '83 even better. Keep
December 15th and 16th open on
your calendars as that is the
scheduled date for graduation; and
you can be sure you'll be receiving
plenty of information from us as
your Silver Anniversary with
AGSIM approaches!
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Frank Wallis, Leoll Waite, Dave Berkey, and Norma Scott took a minute to
pose for the camera at the "silver" reception.
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
In Memoriam:
Mabel J. Erickson
Mabel J. Erickson, wife of Berger
Erickson, Executive Vice President
of AGSIM, died March 13 after an
extended illness. The Mabel J.
Erickson Memorial Fund has been
established in her honor.
Donations, payable to AGSIM,
may be sent to the AGSIM
Development Office, Thunderbird
Campus, Glendale, AZ 85306.
Mr. and Mrs. Erickson were
married in 1943 and came to
Arizona in 1946. She had been
secretary to General Barton Kyle
Yount while he was with the U.S.
Army Air Force and continued as
his secretary when he established
the school as American Institute of
Foreign Trade.
From 1951 to 1956, she had been
the school's registrar and was
Director of Placement and Alumni
Activities from 1956 until she
resigned in 1962.
Mrs. Erickson attended Texas
Christian University and received a
Bachelor of Foreign Trade from the
American Institute for Foreign
Trade and a B.A. degree from
Grand Canyon College.
She is remembered by a former
school president as one of the
most brilliant and capable persons
he has known. Other colleagues
commented about her beauty, her
intelligence, and devotion to the
school. One of her former
secretaries, who became alumni
relations director, said Mabel was
the nicest boss she ever had.
She is survived by her husband,
a brother, Albin Johnson of
Florida, and a sister, Elna Colomb
of Duluth, MN.
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INTERVIEW:
AGSIM's World
Business Maestro by Steve Spitts
Dr. Clifton B. Cox, department
chairman of World Business here
since December, 1981, provides
students and faculty alike with a
source of encouragement, wealth
and pride; the encouragement of his
example, the wealth Of his
experience and the pride of
association with one of his stature.
For 32% years Dr. Cox's
professional efforts focused on
agriculture, in his work as
university professor and corporate
executive in the food industry.
Listed in Who's Who in
America, Finance and Industry,
Community Leaders of America,
American Men of Science, Poor's
Register of Corporations, Directors
and Executives, and the National
Register of Scientific and
Technical Personnel, Cox, a native
of Alabama, received his B.S. and
M.S. from Auburn University and
a Ph.D. from Purdue. Cox is
personified by his long list of
career achievements and brings to
AGSIM a standard of instructional
excellence difficult to parallel.
Whether dealing with a group of
students, or members of the
faculty, the clear eyes,
straightforward and friendly
demeanor are complemented by a
sure, calculating perception.
Possessing a record of accom­plishments
and honors enough for
several men, Dr. Cox might easily
drift down an unchallenging road
to the future. This, however, does
not seem to be his intention.
Besides currently serving on the
boards of four American
corporations, Dr. Cox was, in May
'82, appointed "Project Manager"
of the agriculutral report on the
President's Private Sector Survey
on Cost Control.
In the following interview, his
role with the Private Sector
Committee is examined, and new
developments in the World
Business curriculum are explained.
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You were appointed to the
President's Private Sector
Survey on Cost Control. How
long did the committee meet
and what were its objectives?
I was appointed in May 1982. We
have completed our work. The
committee is making its final
report to the executive committee
during this particular month and
the results should be printed as
final in March.
Who is the Executive
Committee that you'll be
reporting your results to?
The overall Executive Committee is
headed by the chairman of W. R.
Grace, Peter Grace. He has on his
committee about 150 other
executives. There was an executive
group that is hired who reported
to the Executive Committee; 40
people in Washington that review
in detail the reports. The
Agricultural Report was one of 35
submitted to them. These reports
will be consolidated and given to
the President.
How are these subcommittees
divided and which areas of the
economy are studied:
The overall committee was divided
into 35 parts. Twenty-two of them
were agency committees such as
the Department of Agriculture,
Department of Commerce and
Department of Defense. The other
13 were cross-cutting teams, for
example personnel all across the
government. The committees were
given the assignment of finding
ways to cut cost of government.
The control of cost in government
was the objective of the overall
group.
You were appointed project
manager to head the
Agricultural Task Force. How
was it that you were chosen?
You realize that I have been
working in agriculture or food
most of my life. All of my college
degrees are in agriculture. I taught
agriculture for 12 years and then I
worked with a food company for
another 20 years. One of the
cochairmen of this particular task
force had previously been
chairman of a food company;
therefore, I knew him and he
asked me if I would be project
manager. I agreed. Thirty people
volunteered through other
businesses. Twenty-four
companies volunteered these
people to work on the committees.
All of the companies paid salaries
and expenses for their volunteers.
There was no expense incurred by
the government. In my case the
cochairman contributed to the
foundation for my expenses.
Were the committee members
bipartisan?
I don't know their political
connections. We were interested in
people who could do a job,
therefore, they were chosen for
their ability. I think officially some
of them were democrat, some
republican. But, as far as I know
most of them believed that
government had too much cost
and were sympathetic toward our
appointed task.
Are the results of the reports
going to be the basis Of future
legislation or will the results
by presidential mandate be
able immediately to take
effect?
In our particular conclusions,
about one-fourth of them can be
activated without legislation. That
is, some of the recommendations
will be enacted by the Department
of Agriculture itself, some of them
by executive order which means
they cut across agencies, therefore
the President would have to
activate them. For a large number,
however, it will be necessary for
Congress to amend some laws or
pass some laws for them to take
effect. You could say that some of
them will be the subject of
legislation.
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
The actions of the Committee
are directed toward cutting
cost in government?
Yes. We identified a number of
areas in the department where
expenses could be reduced if
certain things were done. Congress
has entwined itself into so many
avenues that many of the
departments cannot move. .
effectively because of restnctions
by laws. To remove these
restrictions would be the work of
Congress.
Are you at liberty to divulge
any of the conclusions antI
recommendations made by
your task force?
At the present time we are not at
liberty to release the findings. We
hope that within one month we .
will be, and it will be made publIc.
Action can then be taken on them.
You mentioned that legal
action has been taken against
your particular area of study
by the National Group on
Antihunger. How is it that
they became aware of your
efforts and what is the intent
of the suit?
We do have a suit. In fact three of
the task forces plus the executive
committee have a suit by a group
called the National Anti-hunger
Coalition. They learned of the
Committee because it was written
of in the newspaper and part of
public knowledge. They believe
that our task force was an advisory
committee and should have been
governed by the Act on AdviSOry
Committees which meant we
should hold public hearings, that
we should not make
recommendations without
adequate representation-all the
requirements of an advisory
committee. We feel that it was not
an advisory committee; we were
staff to the Executive Committee.
They would like a judge to
prohibit our findings from being
made public and that's what the
suit is about.
President Reagan congratulating Dr. Clifton
B. Cox on a job well done.
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
To change the subject, Dr. Cox,
what are the future plans for
the World Business
Department? Are there any
new..yrograms or changes of
stat! or enlargement Of
programs or facilities in the
offing?
One of the major changes is that
we plan during summer, if
approved by the President and by
the Senate, to offer a three hour
course in beginning computer so
that we can meet the request of
computer literacy. Then change the
other course to 1/ decision making
with computers," so that by fall
we will have courses available for
every student entering here to be
computer oriented or, at least,
knowledgeable enough in
computers to work. Seven of our
professors now require computer
background for courses that they
will offer, and we have
interviewed a professor with a
Ph.D. in computers who is able to
begin this summer.
Do you see that ~s a. . .
shortcoming unttl thIS pomt m
the World Business
curriculum?
Well, if I read Das Tor, if I read
student reaction, if I listen to
professors in World Business and
other departmen ts as well, we
have been short in computer
offerings. So we are doing
something about it.
Steve Spitts is a second semester student
at AGSIM. He received his B.A. in
French from The University of California
at Santa Barbara in December, 1979.
Currently working on the Thunderbird
Magazine, he is also associate editor of
Das Tor and will graduate in December of
'83.
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Adventurous, talented, curious,
bold; all these adjectives and many
others would define the spirit of
Lorna Wright, graduate of the
December '82 class and winner of
the Barton Kyle Yount award, the
highest honor attainable by a
member of the graduating class.
Ms. Wright received her BA in
French and psychology from
Wilifred Laurier University,
Canada, in 1969, her MA in
linguistics from the University of
Essex, England, in 1974, and her
teaching certificate from the
University of London Institute of
Education, England, in 1975. At
AGSIM she was president of the
Associated Students Legislative
Council (ASLC), president of the
Liaison Club, member of the Asia
Club, International Business
Women, Speakers Committee, and
the Amateur Radio Club. Her
interests are travel, tae kwon do,
flying, history and ikebana.
Wright, a native English speaker,
speaks fluent Thai and Indonesian,
is proficient in Japanese and
French, possesses reading
knowledge of Spanish and some
knowledge of Lao, Russian, and
Chinese. If it appears that Ms.
Wright didn't have enough time
for school studies, the fact is that
she somehow managed to
graduate with a 3.95 GPA.
The diminutive, brown-haired
Ms. Wright comes from Blackstock,
Ontario, Canada, a village of 1,000
people where stories about travel
in Laos and conversation in
Japanese are as rare as cactus.
Lorna, the daughter of a radio
operator for the Canadian
Department of Transportation,
contracted wanderlust at an early
age as the result of more than five
moves before her thirteenth
birthday. Once in the university,
she took the opportunity to begin
her odyssey at an international
level and, since she had friends
living in South America, made it
the first stop on what would be an
extensive and ongoing itinerary.
After graduation she went to
Thailand with CUSO (the
Canadian equivalent of the Peace
Corps) where she taught at a high
school in Udon near the Lao
border, and later at Mahidol
University in Bangkok. She left to
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PROFILE:
Lorna Wright
By Steve Spitts
continue her education in England
but was soon back in the area, this
time to set up a project at the Civil
Aviation Training Center in
Indonesia. When that was
successfully completed and turned
over to the Indonesians, she
returned to England to begin
doctoral studies in education.
Skyrocketing tuition fees caused
her to think long and hard about
whether this was what she really
wanted to do and when an offer
came to work at Nagoya
University, Japan, she didn't take
long to say yes.
Lorna's record indicates that as a
student, teacher and linguist, she
has attained consistent levels of
excellence. When questioned on
her choice of AGSIM over the,
perhaps, more prestigious
graduate business schools of
Harvard, Yale, (et. al.), she
responded simply that, "Harvard
and Yale don't have the
international emphasis and
credentials in international areas
that I, personally, required when I
made my choice. Not only
international content, but that it be
predominant."
Her decision to come to AGSIM
was made during her
convalescence from a car accident
in a Japanese hospital. In a
teaching career that had already
spanned several years, she had
reached a stage where the thought
of change became enticing. "When
you are in education and you are
teaching at different institutions all
the time, you have no security.
You teach on a two-year contract
and then you look for another job.
No tenure. No career structure.
You're never moving up; you're
always at the same level. I enjoyed
doing that, and would have
continued enjoying it for some
time, but there would come a time
when change would be necessary.
So in my hospital bed I wondered
if I'd do something about it now,
or wait." Waiting to do things is
not a problem Lorna Wright has to
deal with. Little time passed before
she was a student at AGSIM
where she soon became ASLC
president, founded and was
elected president of the Liaison
Club (a club for students interested
in not-for-profit, public, or service
sector employment), all while
continuing superlative academic
performance.
Currently Lorna is employed by
AGSIM as an E.S.L. (English as a
second language) instructor
teaching 15 Indonesian managers.
She is also responsible for the
revision of the evaluation
instrument used on campus by
students at the end of each
semester for the purpose of
evaluating both professor and
course content. The present form
employed was designed for a
different campus with a different
academic emphasis and greater
cultural homogeneity. The task of
the committee headed by Lorna is
to design the evaluation more
specifically for AGSIM. The
evaluation has particular
significance since its results decide,
in part, bonuses and promotions
for academic staff. One of the
major problems is that the Modern
Languages department is very
different from the World Business
and International Studies
departments. An evaluation
instrument developed for World
Business isn't always relevant to
Modern Languages. Lorna pointed
out that an international institute
such as ours is faced with special
problems which must be
approached with a variety of
national perspectives in mind. She
explained, "Japanese students
come here with a much stronger
quantitative background than
American students do. So if you're
taking international finance and 90
percent of the Japanese feel it's too
easy, and 90 percent of the
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
Americans feel it's too difficult
then that can give the professor a
more complete insight into the
class and, theoretically, he can
make necessary changes." Another
improvement Lorna's committee
hopes to institute in the evaluation
process is the more rapid
availability of the actual results to
the teaching staff. This would be
made possible by accessing the
computer system on campus.
Rather than wait two to three
months, professors would receive
the results immediately after
handing in their final grades.
Not one to succumb to apathy,
Lorna expresses a positive belief in
student government. She
maintains that with an appropriate
level of continuity, student
government can serve as an
effective mouthpiece for the needs
of students, when tuned to the
correct volume and with the
correct frequency. However, one of
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
Lorna's major efforts on campus
has been to fuel the fire under
those who resist the recognized
need for more appropriate
computer facilities.
She notes computers as a good
example of the importance of
student input. "Look, we need
this." Lorna explains; "If you're
going to go out and compete with
MBAs, then you must have the
computer background. Many
professors don't understand
computers. They got along all right
in their time without them and if
it's up to them, they won't bother
putting them in. So this pressure is
coming from the students and
some of it is coming from the
companies that hire as well,
because they are simply requiring
more background in computers."
As a graduate of AGSIM who
came here with international
experience in government and
academic institutions, but no
business background, Lorna feels
the most beneficial aspect of her
education here was in the business
field; more specifically, business as
it is conducted in America. With
more than thirteen years outside of
the North American continent,
Lorna felt the need to understand
the techniques and strategies of
American management, something
she was well able to familiarize
herself with as ASLC president. "It
was there I began to perceive the
American style of getting things
done," Lorna states.
Ms. Wright recognizes some of
the positive aspects of American
management and thinks that with
subtle modifications American
managers abroad can integrate
aspects of American management
styles into foreign culture with
success, noting too that the
English and Japanese experience
many of the same difficulties when
doing business overseas. She feels,
however, that American, English
and Japanese business people have
an urgent need to develop
adaptability when working in
foreign countries, and that AGSIM
is an ideal training ground for that
purpose.
When queried about the
possibility of being discriminated
against in some parts of the world
because she is a woman, Lorna
responded, "No, I don' t see it as a
problem because foreign countries
in which I've worked regard me
first as a foreigner and second a
woman. The foreigner takes
precedence over my role as a
woman. You aren't the subject of
the same attitudes as a woman of
that country would be. I worked in
Japan for two and one half years
and I was the only woman at the
language center. You can do many
things impossible for the native
and this happens in many areas."
Lorna's plans for the immediate
future are to stay an additional
semester at AGSIM to study
finance which she considers her
weakest area. She will then revisit
friends on different parts of the
globe, eventually to return to
Canada for a visit with her parents
in Blackstock, Ontario. While
there, she may want to brush up
on her Japanese since we hear they
are looking for a good woman .
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NEWS
IBW Reported in
Business Week
The International Business
Women Club (IBW) received
national recognition for their
publications in a ~usine~~ Week.
article last fall entitled, Boosting
the careers of B-School Grads"
(October 11, 1982). The article: ,
which appeared in the .magazme 5
Corporate Woman section,
reported, "The American Graduate
School of International ..
Management in Glendale, ~nz., 15
compiling a directory of all ItS
women graduates and plans t~,
publish a newsletter for them.
Both less than a year old, the
newsletter, the Network News,
printed this past summer ~nd fall,
and the directory, ConnectlOn~,
making its debut this past ~~ter,
were designed with the objective
of creating a network and
developing a support system for
both current AGSIM women
students, and AGSIM wo~en
already in busin~~s. The duectory
lists present pOSItions an~
addresses, an initial step m
facilitating communication between
the network members. The
newsletter, to be published on a
regular basis, serves as a forum for
ideas, advice, and anecdotes
between alumnae and students.
IBW also sponsors and
cosponsors many activities on
campus, including the
Thunderrun, Western Night and
the Ice Cream Social, as well as
bringing to AGSIM speakers and.
films concerning women and theIr
involvement in the business
community.
School Nurse Dies
Jean Myers, 72, school nurse
from 1949 to 1973, passed away
after a lengthy illness on December
17 1982. Jean was a graduate of
Br~ndon General Hospital in
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada and
had nursed at Vancouver General
Hospital and for Canadian
National Railways in Montreal
before coming to AGSIM.
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INTERCOM
The HUFFCO Indonesia
Program 2 began January 10 and
will continue through October 29,
1983. Fifteen executives from the
Huffco Oil Company are enrolled
in an intensive program of study,
ranging from English under the
direction of Zed Lanham, head of
the ESL program at AGSIM, to
computers and business
communication taught by Alan
Wunsch and Don Leonard, two
professors from Arizona State
University.
Jerome Greco
Named Director of
Corporate
Development
Jerome (Jerry) Greco, a
Thunderbird graduate ('76) and
former managing director a~d .
chairman of the board, Carner Italza
S.p.A., has been appointed
Director of Corporate
Development, a new post in t~e
AGSIM Office of External Affaus.
Greco accepted his position with
the school after a 27 year career
with the Carrier International
Corporation. Greco spent m~ny
years in Brazil, and IS marned to a
Brazilian. After almost 20 years of
international experience, he
enrolled in AGSIM's MIM program
to update and upgrade his .
international management skill~,
coming from Carrier's Puerto Rican
subsidiary where he was
president.
As Director of Corporate
Development, Greco' 5 objectives
are to build and strengthen the
school's relations with the business
community; to stimulate corporate
interest in academic programs and
physical plant development; and to
introduce employers to
Thunderbird graduates as a source
of qualified, highly ~ained,
prospective international
managers.
International
Auction '82
The 1982 International Auction,
sponsored by Friends of Thunder­bird,
grossed more than $10,000,
an increase of more than $3,000
over the 1981 auction. According
to Mavis Voris, "The response in
number and quality of items
received from alumni has never
been higher." .
In addition, Thad Chamberlam
('55) hosted an alumni gathering in
Panama that attracted ten items for
the auction. In Phoenix, Mr. and
Mrs. A. B. Robbs, whose son
Bruce is currently a student,.
hosted an auction gift party m
Scottsdale, Arizona, that drew a
variety of gifts including a gold
and diamond bracelet. For U.S.
taxpayers such benefit parties are
tax deductible.
On The Record:
The nT-Bird Blues"
The hands down winners of the
Spring '82 Talent Show were Alan
Goodman and the T-Bird Blues
Band when they performed Alan's
tune "The T-Bird Blues." The song
is a humorous, tongue-in-cheek
portrait of student life at A~SIM
that includes jabs at such things as
the eternal construction and
restoration projects, the ubiquitous
exams, and even the slow .
industrial toaster in the cafetena.
Alan and the other eight AGSIM
members of the T -Bird Blues Band
recorded the song at Topango
Studios in Phoenix in December,
1982. The recording was produced
by Jeff Sand and is now available
by mail for $3.00 (pl~.s $1.00
postage for U.S. mailmg; $2.50 for
mailing out of the U.S.) on cassette
through the sp,onsor.ship of the
Thunderbird Liberation
Organization. The proceeds (~f
any) will go towards the club s
campus activities. Please make all
checks and mail orders payable to:
T-Bird Blues, and mail to T-Bird
Blues, AGSIM, Glendale, AZ
85306.
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
Mexican Banking and Economic Crisis
In an address on the Mexican
economic and banking crisis,
delivered to a group of Phoenix
alums, at The Phoenix Hilton, Dr.
Paul Dickie said:
"There will be no Mexican
default. Mexico, battered and
somewhat tarnished, continues in
the mold of a newly emerging
industrial (NIC) nation. The
"emergency package" of financial
assistance put together by America
and other industrial countries has
bridged the gap. The International
Monetary Fund program for
economic adjustment is now in
place."
"But all is not well. The crisis
continues. The scene has simply
shifted to the domestic stage. The
International bailout was by
comparison quick and easy."
The 1982 budget deficit is
estimated at an unparalleled 16.5%
of the Gross Domestic Product
(GOP) . By comparison, this figure
in relative terms, represents four
times the cataclysmic deficits
forecasted for the upcoming u.s.
budget."
"While the key problem in
Mexico has been the fiscal deficit,
mismanagement and confusion
have led to major distortions in
other sectors of the economy. Most
importantly, perhaps, Mexico
imposed exchange controls and
instituted a dual exchange rate
system in August 1982."
"In fact, under the Articles of
Agreement of the International
Monetary Fund, Mexico has
accepted the obligations of Article
VIII which precludes the use of
exchange controls and dual
exchange rates. The private sector
has been hit in two ways. The
decline in real demand resulted in
a sharp fall in receipts at the same
time the peso cost of servicing the
dollar debt multiplied in line with
the devaluations of the peso.
Bankruptcies rose dramatically."
"The importance of assisting
Mexico through this crisis is well
appreciated by the Reagan
Administration."
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
"u.S. businesses have over $7
billion in direct investments in
Mexico and u.S. banks have loans
outstanding in Mexico of $25
billion."
"The stability which is
invaluable in close neighbors was
once again demonstrated in the
elections of Miguel de la Madrid in
July 1982."
"Mexico's stability stands in
sharp contrast with the turmoil in
Central America."
"Yet major problems remained.
The incomes of small farmers and
the unskilled, marginal workers in
urban areas had stagnated. While
there was a buildup in the middle
class, a population growth rate of
up to 3.5% made it impossible to
make rapid progress in reducing
the inequities."
"Following the September I,
1976, devaluation of the peso
Mexico entered into a three year
economic adjustment program
under the newly created Extended
Fund Facility with the International
Monetary Fund. That program,
beginning in 1977, called for major
adjustments in the fiscal, monetary
and external sectors."
"Mexico had a very successful
experience with the Fund
economic adjustment programs.
The only difference now is tha t the
size of the required adjustment is
roughly twice that of the '77-'79
program. The seeds of the '82
crisis were sown in the grandiose
development plans initiated by
Lopez Portillo in the late '70's.
Those plans mushroomed in line
with Mexican petroleum receipts.
Petroleum income rose
exponentially due to major new
finds and the doubling of prices in
the '79-'80 period. International
bankers appeared ready to provide
almost unlimited lines of credit.
The concept of resource constraints
seemingly vanished, . . . a
liquidity crisis emerged at the
beginning of 1982. When
petroleum prices softened in
mid-'81, international bankers
became somewhat reluctant to
increase their exposure to Mexico,
particularly as Mexico for a short
period of time refused to reduce
their prices to competitive levels.
To offset the lack of medium term
loans, Mexico drew on their short
term credit lines. By the end of
1981, almost half of their $57
billion of debts to international
banks were due in 1982. A
liquidity crisis became inevitable."
Editor's Note: An article by Dr. Dickie on
the "Mexican Economic Crisis" appears
in the First Quarter issue of Arizona
Business published by the Bureau of
Business and Economic Research, College
of Business Administration, Arizona State
University.
AMA Executive
Delivers December
Commencement
Address
Thomas R. Horton, president
and chief executive officer of the
American Management Associations
and member of the AGSIM Board
of Trustees, delivered the
commencement address to 362
graduates December 17 on the
Thunderbird campus.
In his speech addressing the
question, "Is there life after
AGSIM?" Horton advised the
graduates to remain optimistic
about the future. He pointed out
that while students these days are
concerned with the unemployment
situation and confused about their
lives, opportunities do exist for
those who are not afraid to
maintain open minds regarding
new developments. "There is still
much to be done," stated Horton,
"And certainly, the best business
enterprises have yet to be
founded."
Mr. Horton assumed his position
with the AMA in July of 1982, after
serving for 27 years in a variety of
managerial posts with IBM .
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Editor's Note: David R. Clay '49, past director of
7-Up International, regional director of Canada Dry
International, and vice president of Pepsi-Cola
International, has been residing in Mexico since 1970.
He has senled in Brazil, Paris, Lebanon, Uruguay, and
most recently in Central American and the Caribbean.
In 1960, he was presented the Jonas Mayer Award for
his distinguished achievements and outstanding
performance in international service. The following
article describes his views of bullfighting and some of
the related customs.
For a real aficionado such as myself,
the bullfight is an inexhaustible source of
interest. I never tire of seeing bulls and
calves on the ranches, at bullfights or
tientas, the testing of young female
calves. It is an adventure, a young man
demonstrating that he can dominate and
make beautiful momentary sculptures
with, and then kill, an animal of much
greater size and strength than himself. It
is a demonstration of "grace under
pressure"; he knows he'll be booed out of
the ring if he doesn't perform with
elegance, style, and demonstrations of
bravery or even of foolhardiness.
After several years of growing
fascination with bullfighting, in mid 1965
I asked one of my friends, a retired
matador, to show me how to "torear."
For months, he spent three mornings a
week working with me in my garden. I
began to learn the mechanics of toreo, but
from that to really understanding and
knowing, is a long process. In the fall of
1966, I went to some tientas where the
young calves, about a year and a half old
and weighing 150 kilos, are piced with a
short, small spear to test for bravery, and
then "toreared" by a matador partly for
practice, and partly so the breeder and
others present can judge style as well as
bravery. Some calves are rejected, while
others are given a superior grading. After
the matador has finished, other interested
aficionados can have a hand at "toreo." I
began to seek invitations to tientas, and
was fortunate to be able to attend a few.
The tienta is great. One is on a ranch in
the country with blue sky, clear air, and
other people of like interest. One is
surrounded by "bullfight people," and
the conversation is about bulls,
bullfighters, and the bull world in
general; and of course, there's a chance to
"torear," sometimes alongside the most
famous of the day.
At the tientas, I learned to torear in
front of an animal, rather than in front of
a mirror. One day in the fall of 1966 I was
invited to a festival in the small town of
La Piedad. Three famous and retired
matadors were invited, as well as three
aficionados. Each had to pay for his own
becerro (2-21f2-year-old male calf) and
other expenses. The public was invited to
buy tickets and there were about 2,000
spectators. I did not realize what I'd
gotten into until a few hours before the
event. I had purchased a suit-not a suit
of lights, that's for the professionals---but
the suit of the aficionado: that of the
Spanish flamenco dancer ... boots, tight
pants fitted up to the chest, an ordinary
white shirt, a chaquetilla (a vest with
sleeves), a sash around the waist, and a
flat-topped "cordobes" hat. When I got to
the plaza and suddenly realized I was
going to "torear" in public alongside
famous professionals, I knew I had been
very foolish indeed. The public was
generous with its applause, and
somehow I got through it all-even killed
well with my second sword-thrust. It was
then I realized that I was hooked, and
also, that I knew very little.
After that first experience, there
followed quite a few festivals in different
parts of Mexico. I have been written
about in quite favorable terms in the
specialized press, have had my picture
requested by children, and been called
"matador" on the street.
Recently, however, things have slowed
a bit. For one thing, the price of the bulls
I fight (225 to 325 kilos) has gone up
astronornically-even more than the
inflation. Because of this, the festivals I
used to be involved in seldom take place.
And secondly, my own group is getting
older and interest (except for myself) has
waned a bit. Many of my matador friends
are now retired, but I still fight. Last
December, I went to a tienta for four
days. It was two days of tientas of
females in which I "toreared" five times,
and two days of tientas of males, done
without capes, by running and ducking
behind the fence in such a way that one
can strategically place the calf in any part
of the ring to see if he'll readily charge
the mounted picador or not.
I'm a member of the group here known
as "Pena Taurina de Aficionados Practicos
de la Ciudad of Mexico" and was vice
president for three consecutive years. To
date, I've fought in about 30 festivals,
gone to about 40 or 50 tientas, killed 19 or
20 animals, and cut ears a number of
times. My Sundays at the bullfight are
very special to me. I'm surrounded by
those who know and love the spectacle
just as I do.
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
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l.DONDE ESTAN?
Class of '58
We need your help
once again! This time
it's for the class of '58.
If you know the
whereabouts of these
alumni, please send
the information to us
at The Alumni Office,
American Graduate
School of International
Management,
Glendale, Arizona,
85306.
Information you
provide to our office
about your T-Bird
friends and business
associates helps us to
spread the word of
both campus
happenings and
regional alumni
chapter gatherings a
little farther. Lists of
unknown alumni by
class will appear in
upcoming issues of
"Thunderbird." We're
eager to receive any
news about you, your
family, and your
T-bird friends, so
please include this
information too for our
Update section.
Muchas Gracias!
Anderson, William H.
Barth, Werner
Bell, Roger P.
Brown, Charles D.
Bruce, Robert L.
Bryan, James E.
Burgardner, David J.
Burmeister, Hans H.
Burzell, Jack A.
Casagranda, Donald R.
Cassell, Andrew T.
Cauter, Thomas V.
Champion, Donald E.
Clippinger, Donald E.
Conklin, William D.
Considine,
Lawrence F.
Cooley, Philip E.
Cox, Melvin D.
Crain, Donnell L.
Crandall, Edwin B.
Croisant, Robert D.
Davis, Robert S.
Day, Herbert D.
DeWitt, Karen
Desoto, Dora R.
Doran, Robert E.
Dowdell, Joan E.
Dunton, Clarence J.
Farber, Robert A.
Fischer, Wayne P.
Fishback, William S.
Gallagher, Astrid J.
Garrison, Lars A.
Geetersloh, James T.
George, James C.
Gerbasi, Anthony E.
Gosden, Leroy C.
Graham, Richard C.
Hanford, Walter R.
Havard, Chester A.
Hays, Patricia
Hays, Thomas
Heaton, Frank W.
Hernandez, Conrad
Hilberg, Roy W.
Hill, Robert R.
Hitchcock, James W.
Hodge, Richard C.
Hogan, David G.
Holt, William B.
Johnson, Charles D.
Johnson, Marlin T.
Jordan, Dowdell W.
Karrer, Richard G.
Kelsey, Mark
Kershner, Bruce S.
King, David J.
Koehler, Robert P.
Kozacik, Bernard O.
Krok, Stanley A.
Lancaster, Newlin E.
Leighton, Blaine A.
Lombard, Thomas A.
Lucas, John G.
Maimbourg, Eddie L.
Marsee, James A.
Marshall, John B.
McClatchy, Al
McCleary, E. R.
McLaughlin,
William G.
Meeker, Lincoln V.
Mittelsdorf,
Frederick A.
Morales, Oscar D.
Morgan, Edgar R.
Mulford, Willard L.
Needham, Charles R.
Neville, Robert C.
Nunley, Arthur W.
Ortiz, Jasper D.
O'Brien, Lawrence J.
Perkins, John H.
Peterson, Richard L.
Phillips, William G.
Poulios, Ploutarehos
Randall, Hea ton H .
Ratliff, Charles B.
Rawlings, Charlie C.
Rees, William M.
Ronald, John F.
Rosenau, Robert B.
Schlosser, Gerald M.
Schmoldt, Donald H.
Sell, Charles H.
Sillik, William L.
Stamatiou, Dean
Stanton, Dean
Steele, Matthew W.
Suffern, Walter G.
Susan, Stanley E.
Thayer, James A.
Tillotson, Gordon J.
Trahern, James W.
Troutner, Carleton
Tuggle, Marjorie J.
Urbach, George A.
Van Reet, Hector
Vandiver, Curtis o .
Waechter, Walter H.
Wagner, Leroy L.
Wahren, Uno U.
Wait, Allen L.
Wells, Fred erick M.
Westcott, Robert L.
Wheelwright,
George W.
White, Peter L.
Yug, Mirko
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,QUE PASA?
Hong Kong
A cocKtail party in honor of C. Wolcott
Parker II was held at the Foreign
Correspondents Club on December 16.
Pictured are left to right (standing):
Andy Chu, Felix Kwok '78, Shu-Fun
Choy '74, John Sieh '79, Alice Fung,
C. Wolcott Parker II, Christina Chong,
and George Hsu '75. Kneeling in front
are: Bill Ling '73 and George O'Ke.effe
'77.
Madrid
According to word from Duane E.
Bellmore '61, the Madrid group
enjoyed an interesting and
entertaining, not to mention extremely
well-attended, dinner meeting in
November. Mr. Santiago Foncillas,
president of Westinghouse, addressed
a group almost 50 strong, including
alumni from Panama, Mexico, and
Barcelona, as well as almost all of the
known Madrid group. His talk
covered the issue of the effect on
business which can be expected from
the recently elected Socialist
government. Dick Barrutia '59 finished
the evening off with his special
combination of magic and "simpatia."
Houston
The Texas T-Bird Alumni Association
of Houston, in conjunction with the
Houston World Trade Association,
Young Executive Forum, hosted a
Valentine's Day SpeCial at which Dr.
Voris was the guest speaker. He
addressed the topic, "Changing Needs
For Education in International
Business" at the Four Seasons Hotel
on February 14.
Dallas-Fort Worth
Due to the football players' strike, the
Dallas area T-birds had to punt their
plans for a Dallas Cowboys TV
watching party. But plans were made
for a "dandy between the holidays
get-together" Happy Hour at the Wine
Press. Also scheduled was the first
DFW alumni reunion of 1983 to be
hosted by Bill Nicholson '80 featuring
"The Best Little Alumni Association in
Texas." No reports at press time, but
we can assume a fine turnout for both.
Detroit
A T-Bird reunion was held at the
home of Carolann McCain Morykwas
this past October. Attending were:
Steve Brandwein '82; Carol McCain
Morykwas '82; Brian Althaver '79;
Barbara Pleasance Zelaya '81, wife of
T-Bird Enrique Zelaya '81; Tim Main
'82; and Pietro Sarcina '82.
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New York
"New York T-Birds, 160 strong, met,
ate, drank and danced together in a
Tribeca loft the evening of November
10. A triumph of planning, the party
represented the first event by this
chapter featuring an open bar for the
evening," reports Mary Ann Glass '72.
"Food (and lots of it) was furnished by
Peggy Peckham '74; liquor supplies
were garnered by Taco Proper '79 and
George Wehmann '74; and in charge
of it all was Manuel Bramao '79."
Thomas Kidd, Alumni Director, was
also in attendance.
Also from New York, NY., Peggy
Peckham '74, second VP of Chase
Manhattan Bank, sends news of a
dinner she a ttended for
representatives from South Carolina
National Bank, Riggs National Bank,
and Chase Manhattan, at the World
Trade Center, for the purpose of
closing an industrial revenue trade
financing agreement. Over cocktails
and dinner it was discovered that
three of the banks' relationship officers
for negotiation and future handling of
the loans, and the senior officer
representing SNCB, were all T-Birds.
They were: Virginia Thompson '79,
SNCB, Jack Mauvais '57, SNCB, John
Rush '70, Riggs National, and Peggy.
She writes, "In true T-Bird fashion, we
kept the closing party going rather
late, swapping stories, and having our
own "alumni meeting." It truly is a
small world! And it's truly a fine thing
to see that all the hours of training
and fellowship put into the activities
at the pub have not been wasted!"
South Florida
A "Remember Pearl Harbor" social
was held at the Mutiny Hotel on
December 7, followed by a
survivor-of-the-holiday season
gathering in January. Don't forget,
get-togethers are scheduled each
month at the Mutiny, where chapter
membership dues include use of club
facili ties.
Manila, Philippines
AT-bird dinner and cocktail party was
hosted by John and Marka Polhemus
'69 in September. A total of 23
graduates and spouses attended the
second area reunion of 1982, and
plans call for future Manila
get-togethers.
Southern California
Photos and updates on the alumni
association in this area came to us via
Scott Dannison '75. The Thunderfeast,
hosted November 21 by Bill Maid '77
and Ed Jusino '77 went over quite
well. Also scheduled was a Christmas
party hosted by Steve Savoldelli '80.
Florida
Bill Hill Jr. '71 and Bill Ross '57 have
organized a Jacksonville Alumni
Chapter. The group held its first
gathering on November 18 at the
Sheraton at St. John'S Place, and "the
response was overwhelming"
according to Bill Hill. The participants
were: Egan Anderson '49; David Miller
'57; Clarke Todd '65; Randy Wright '67
and Bill Hill '71; Bob and Marion
Brock '48; Nick and Kathy Nichols '49;
Bill Ross '57; Cory Todd, and Joy
Anderson.
Caracas, Venezuela
Paul Donnelly '67 and Susy Sagy '72
organized an August T-Bird reunion at
the Bagatelle Restaurant. The reunion
was attended by more than 25 T-Birds.
Special guests were Connie Estes of
the AGSIM Language Department and
Leon Estes '62. Connie and Leon were
concluding a summer trip which
brought them into contact with T-Birds
in Colombia, Brazil and Venezuela. In
October Paul Donnelly also organized
a successful seminar on the economic
problems of Venezuela and Mexico.
Thunderbird Chapter of
Europe
A group of 40 alumni and guests
met aboard a Rhine River cruiser in
Mainz, Germany this October to
discuss the founding and registration
of a Thunderbird alumni association
in Europe. The TCE members, now 28
strong, had a wonderful time enjoying
the German landscape, after which
they visited a champagne cellar and a
medieval pub.
A provisional board of directors was
elected with Skh. Markus S.
Habsburg-Lothringer '81 serving as
Chairman, and the following alumni
officers: Manfred Lo Locher '69,
President; Charles LaFond '80,
Administrator General: Gianni Torti
'79, Vice President-country relations;
Vladas Gedmintas '69, Treasurer;
Mariya Toohey '78, Secretary; John
Cook '79, Press and PR and Bill
Schlichter '75, Membership
Administrator.
Legal registration of the club is
anticipated to be completed by
October 28/30, 1983, when the official
foundation ceremony of the TCE will
be held in Kaiserville Bad Ischl. A
meeting, organized by John Cook, for
members and any T-birds interested in
joining the club will be held
April29IMay 1. All alumni in Europe
are encouraged to contact Manfred Lo
Locher, 21. rue du Depart-l'Ellypsoide,
F-75 014 Paris, France.
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Thunder Ir
of the Chapter,
Europea~errnany .
MatnZ ,
Phoenix
The new Greater Phoenix Chapter of
Associated Thunderbirds Inc. (U.S.A.)
met for the first time this January at
the Phoenix Hilton, where Dr. Paul
Dickie presented his views on the
Mexican Banking Crisis to a group of
30 local alumni. A series of program
luncheons, "Third Thursdays," are
planned from February to June
featuring professors, prominent
alumni and business leaders.
Beginning February 15, "T-bird
Tuesday" has been reinstituted at the
Velvet Turtle for our alumni who have
stayed in our "home city" to roost. Of
course, all alumni passing through are
welcome!
Northern California
Elections for the group took place at
the traditional Christmas dinner held
at the Mandarin Restaurant,
Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco. The
new officers for 1983 are: Bob Leurck
'81, president; Tom Williams '80, vice
president; and Maryann Soo '81,
secretary treasurer. The three regional
contacts named are Claire M. Larson
'75 for the East Bay area, Hal Q.
Coggins '74 for the San Francisco/
Marin area, and John Lambert '53 for
the South Bay area. John Austin '76,
Linda Cypres '77, and W. Sanford
Lynch '77 are the elected directors.
The affair, coordinated by Bill Walsh
'71 and Lynda Cypres, was well
attended and well received, according
to word from John Austin.
The Communications Office also
received late news from the fall picnic.
As expected, Angel Island welcomed
many T -birds from all parts of the bay
area for a day of glorious weather. The
group sends special thanks to Bob
Leurck for his assistance in making the
day a success.
Area T-birds-Don't forget the
Thunderbird Roost Every First Tuesday
of the month at Barnaby's downstairs
lounge, Embarcadero Center #2, 5 pm
until?
Haiti
The Thunderbird Alumni Club of Haiti
has been formed in Port-au-Prince,
according to Vice President Reese
Moyers '66. Stanley Urban '64 is
serving as the club's first president.
Informal meetings will be held most
Fridays between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. at
the Belle Epoque Restaurant in
Petionville, and all alumni passing
through on business or pleasure, as
well as residents, are invited to
participa te.
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ALUMNI
UPDATE
Class of
'47 and '48
George J. Dietz, '47, a career member of
the senior foreign service, has been
appointed by Secretary of Agriculture John
R. Block to represent the U.S. Department
of Agriculture at the U.s. Mission in Rome.
He will also be responsible for commodity
and food security activities of the Food and
Agricultural Organization and the World
Food Council. Robert L. Bean, '48, after
long and successful affiliation with the
Chicago association of Commerce and
Industry, has retired and is in the process
of fulfilling a lifelong wish to spend five
weeks on a freighter traveling down the
coast of South America. Bon Voyage! Don
Lenertz, '48, has recently been elected
chairman of Automatic Wholesalers of
Texas where he has been a civic and
business leader since 1955. Eloise Crump
Terho, '48, is a high school Spanish teacher
in Pittsford, NY where she resides with her
husband Allan Terho '48.
Class of
'50 and '51
Alton L. Ashley '50 is a registered
representative for the Engler & Budd Co.
of Bloomington, MN. Robert J. Knorr, '51,
has retired from the Kirsch Co., a drapery
hardware manufacturing firm of Sturgis,
MI, where he held the position of vice
president, international. His employment
officially ended Dec. 31, 1982, but he hopes
to "continue activity in the international
field for some years to come." John R.
Timmel, '51, is with M.H. Credit Corp.,
Ltd. in London.
Class of
'53
Van F. Crichfield is a self-employed
developer of government subsidized
multi-family housing.
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Class of
'55 and '56
Ann Potter Lockledge '55 is the high
school principal at the American School in
Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Diane S.
Connelly, '56, the newly-elected board
member and treasurer of the Valley of the
Sun Real Estate Exchangers, chaired the
Arizona Association of Real Estate
Exchangers National Marketing Session in
Scottsdale, AZ. Fritz Friedrich, '56, is now
working for Steiner Corporation in the
Dus~eldorf .Subsi?iary in West Germany.
DaVId Munson, 56, has a new position
and has for the past three years been the
regional credit officer for West Germany,
Austria, Eastern Europe, Switzerland, Italy
and Greece for Clhbank, N.A. and is V.P.
residing in Frankfurt, West Germany.
Class of
'57
Theodore D. Bihuniak has a new position
as. 1?~ernahOnal S~les Manager, Polyolefins
DIVISion, With Umon Carbide Corporation
of Danbury, CT. Donald Campbell is a
director of marketing and planning with
Stanadyne in Hartford, CT. Thomas B.
!faines and his wife, Socorro, are residing
m Coral Sprmgs, FL, where he is a
computer programmer/analyst with the
Westinghouse Electric Corporation. He
writes, "though not in 'el exterior,' am
happy in my work." H.C. (Tom) Karpf, Jr.
is a senior vice president with Tradex
Brokerage Services, Inc., a discount
brokerage firm of Houston, TX. James
Landolt owns Hennessey Florist of
Springfield, IL, where he resides, as well
as Goliad Greenhouse Growers in Texas.
Richard L. McIntosh is currently a
professor in the Business Department at
American River College in Sacramento,
CA. Mr. Earl T. Oliver has taken
employment with Rancho Murieta
Properties, Inc., as an accountant. This
October, J. William Ross had the honor of
~erving as AGSlM'S official delegate to the
maugural ceremony of Dr. Curtis L.
McCray, the newly elected president of the
University of North Florida, in Jacksonville.
Lorna (Grady) Small is with the Border
Patrol for the U.S. Government, and is
reSiding in Tucson, AZ. Mr. Gerald P.
Thomas is a self-employed writer and
language teacher. He received his M.A. in
The Teaching of English as a Foreign
Language from Colorado State University
in August, '82 and now resides with his
wife, Lois Ann, in Fort Collins, CO. Frank
B. Wallis, Jr. and his wife, Alice, are
residing in Scottsdale, AZ, where he is a
sales account executive for Imperial
Litho/Graphics of Phoenix.
Class of
'58
Stanley C. Allen is an urban planner for
the city of Medford in Oregon. Roger W.
Child is a CPA in Welasco, TX, where he
recently became associated with the firm of
Joe T. Harren, CPA. Dr. Bennett O. Cole
has been named associate professor of
Spanish at Florida Southern College in
Lakeland. Robert W. Priebe is director of
international operations with Purolator
Products, Inc., in Rahway, NJ. John S.
Shannon is a teacher at Carlmont High
School m Belmont, CA. Rudi Stelling has
returned from Buenos Aires, after three
years as managing director of the
Allis-Chalmers subSidiary. He is to
represent Allis-Chalmers of Milwaukee in
northern South America.
Class of
'59
Ralph A. DeSantis is a general manager
with Bristol Myers in Guatemala. Prior to
this he lived and worked in several Latin
American countries, including Venezuela,
Brazil, and the Dominican Republic.
Andrew W. Furlan joined Warner
Cosmetics Inc. in July '82 as the senior vice
president and general manager of the
International Division, based in New York,
NY. Jerome L. Gaarder is an assistant
director of Professional Services with
Wyeth International, LTD, and is reSiding
in Country Club Hills, IL. Harry W.
Griffiths is a marketing vice president with
Ethanol Production Inc. in Boise, ID.
Barton L. Hartzell has moved to Burwood,
Australia, a suburb of Sydney, where he is
the Boeing Manufacturing representative
~or Hawkin de Havilland. Robert P. Keyes
IS a real estate broker with Cornisit and
Carey in Menlo Park, CA. John G. Kyle Jr.
is a financial representative for Mesa
Pacific, an equipment leasing company in
San Diego, CA. Curgie W. Pratt is the
president of Page Inc., a real estate
development firm in Phoenix, AZ. He also
has his first grandchild, Dallas Edward
Peagler, born September 25, 1982. Kent E.
Smith is self-employed in the retail
business, specializing in gift/gourmet items
in Walnut Creek, CA.
Class of
'60
Ronald L. Baker and his wife, Cecelia,
have been in Tucson, AZ. for 10 years
where he is a self-employed manufacturer's
representative for sporting goods and
imports. Ms. Diana Bishop is a part-time
substitute librarian and a 4th year Chinese
language student currently working toward
her degree in Chinese at the University of
Maryland. Jacques L. Bry is a vice
president and general manager for Tricil
Ltd, specializing in Waste Management, in
Ontario. John T. Harycki is a Spanish
instructor at the Tarrant County Junior
College and also runs a tutoring service in
Fort Worth, TX. Jerry L. Holmes resigned
from his position as vice president and
manager of International Banking Service
for the Republic Bank of Dallas in June,
1972, to assume active management of
family real estate investments and
numerous cultural, educational, and
political organizations in Dallas and
throughout Texas. Thomas A. Perrodin is a
newspaper advertising director for The
Kingman Daily Miner of Kingman, AZ. He
is also president of the Kingsmen-Fair
Board, director of the Lion's Service
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
organization, and high school advisory
board member there. Robert R. Renshaw is
a Spanish teacher at the Burlington City
High School in Burlington, NJ.
Class of
'61
Robert C. Fraser, after nine years, as the
international manager for Technicolor in
Southern California, was selected to
become the first commercial secretary to
the American Embassy in Quito, Ecuador.
He reports to us, "After many years, of
helping T-Birds in Southern California, I
will be pleased to do the same here in
Ecuador." After 18 years with CARE,
Jerome Lewis assumed management at his
brother's pig farm in Valencia, Venezuela
where he has worked for the last two
years. Ernest H. Mainland has created his
own business around the computer needs
of those businesses that have tip-earning
employees. He currently resides with his
wife Judith in Boyne Falls, MI. Mr. Lewis
Maviglia was, in February '82, transferred
from Panama to Bogota where he is general
manager of Cicolac, a large subsidiary of
Borden Inc. Paul A. McGuckian is a
county attorney in Montgomery County,
MD. William H. Steen is president of
Yellow Jacket Mines, Inc. of Cobalt, ID. He
and his wife, Myrnalee, are residing in
Palo Alto, CA.
Class of
'62
James Dickey is presently chief legal
counsel in Australia for Australian
Occidental Petroleum Ltd. , a subsidiary of
Occidental Petroleum Corporation, and is
responsible for all legal activities of the
Petroleum, Minerals, and Chemicals
Division of Occidental in Australia. Morris
Feldman is currently the assistant to the
Trade Commandor at the Consulate of
Finland. J.M. Fritz has recently joined the
staff of the Portland Community College as
an Accounting Instructor after more than
ten years in real estate. Milford Fuller is a
customer service manager with the
Memorex Corporation in Santa Clara, CA.
Stephen G. Heiner and his wife have
formed a second partnership, Heiner-Fu
Enterprises, which is engaged in wholesale
import-export, retail trading and franchise
activities. Laurence P. Jennings is a real
estate representative with Exxon Company,
U.S.A. in Denver, CO. Christof J.
Scheiffele writes us, "Our second year in
the African development world is as
exciting as the first. With CARE we
participate in the development of drinkable
water sources and reforestation in the rural
areas of Cameroon." Mr. Scheiffele is
director of CARE in Cameroon. Titus (Ty)
R. Trumbower is a manufacturers'
representative with Riggins Electronic Sales
in Long Beach, CA.
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
Class of
'63 and '64
James S. Jones '63 wishes to inform T-Birds
of a new address in Laguna Beach, CA,
and is eager to meet graduates in Orange
County. Richard Puig '63 is now the
owner-manager of the retail toy stores,
"Land of Oz," in St. Thomas, The Virgin
Islands. Warren J. Alverson '64 is assistant
to the executive vice president with
Haldane and Associates, career counseling,
in Dallas, TX. Roger Bennett '64 is the
treasurer for Newco Way Systems, Inc. in
Grand Isle, NY. Bodo A. Lubenow '64 fills
the position of corporate engineer for the
3M company of St. Paul, MN where he
and his wife, Helen, reside.
Class of
'65
John Bailey owns and operates "Non-Stop
Books" in San Francisco, CA. where he is
also a publisher and author. Ramon D.
Bueno is a self-employed consultant in the
field of International Marketing among
whose clients include Walt Disney World
and the Central Florida World Trade
Council. He resides in Orlando, FL.
George Dykes is vice
president/international for the Pitman
Division of Emerson Electric in Shawnee
Mission, KS. Robertson Hayes Gaylor is an
industrial marketing director with ERCA of
France, and is residing in Paris. Charles B.
Hardy is the branch manager in Newport
Beach for W.H. Daum and Staff. Ronald
Kay has taken a new position in
administrat;on in customer liaison with
R.CA. in the picture tube division in
Dunmore, P A. Tom McSpadden has been
elected president and chief executive officer
of Cullen BankiCitywest, a new national
banking association and affiliate of
CullenIFrost Bankers in Houston, TX. Tony
Michaelson has a new position as a
marketing manager for The United
Learning Institute whose business conducts
personal development training programs
for corporations and the government. He
and his family live in Bend, OR. Clarke L
Todd has a new position as an account
executive for Americall LDe, Inc. based in
Jacksonville, FL.
Class of
'66 and '67
Charles Meech '66 is a managing director
with the Canadian American Bank, a
merchant bank in London. Frank Forque
'66 is the manager of exportlimport with
The Ford Motor Company in Santiago,
Chile. Horst M. Busse '67 has started his
own consulting firm in Ada, MI, concerned
mainly with advertising, marketing, and
public relations for small businesses and
service organizations. William C. Dyer '67
is in San Francisco, CA. where he is the
executive assistant to the president with
Connell Brothers Company, Ltd. , an
export/joint venture concern expanding
operations in South America. J.e. Hallman
'67 and his wife Ulla are residing in
Tom J. McSpadden '65 Douglas Linder '67
Stockholm, Sweden where he is group vice
president/Scandinavia for the credit
card-travelers check division of the
American Express Company AB. Kenneth
R. Kupper, '67, after a diversified career
with Merrill Lynch Exxon and The Bank of
America, is now self-employed as a real
estate investor. Douglas Linder '67 has
been elected president of Cargill Agricola,
S.A., a Brazilian subsidiary of Cargill, Inc.
John T. Lyons '67 is finance director for the
city of Champaign in Illinois. David B.
McCracken '67 has just assumed additional
responsibilities with ARMCO-European
Division as the manager of the
Construction Products Division for Western
Europe. His promotion will require his
presence in Paris for some time to coml'
and he hopes to hear from T-Birds in the
neighborhood I Horst P. Nolden '67 is the
marketing sales manager with Natroneg
Gmbh, Goslar-Oker, a packaging concern
in West Germany.
Class of
'68
Charles M. Barringer holds the position of
sales engineer for Africa, employed by
Langston whose base of operations is in
New Jersey. Michael C. Pierce is a law
partner with Pierce and Hutchinson in
Balboa, Panama, specializing in admiralty
and commercial law. David Rosen is the
regional manager for Best Manufacturing,
Inc. of New York, NY, producers of textiles
and uniforms. Steven e. Thomas is with
the Coldwell Banker and Company,
specializing in real estate loans and sales,
of Beverly Hills, CA.
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Class of
'69
Michael Q. Adams is a telecommunications
consultant employed by the Digital
Equipment Corporation of Waterton, MA.
Fred D. Bloom has left the J.l. Case
Company to accept a position as an
international sales manager with Broco,
Inc. of Pomona, CA. Jack Elmore is a
finance manager employed by Solar
Turbines, a manufacturing concern based
in San Diego, CA. Graham M. Lowe is
part-owner with the Plymouth Trading
group in Philadelphia, P A. Marshall R.
Malden joined the Cabot Corporation in
Kokomo, IN in August of 1981 to head up
the international division of the
corpora tion' s high technology rna terials
division. Dietrich Piotrowski is a controller
for a Textron, Inc., subsidiary in Hamburg,
West Germany. Ramon Urbano has
changed positions and is now employed by
Cargill, Inc. in New York City. Sidney B.
Watts is self-employed in real estate and
investments in Reading, PA.
Class of
'70
Christopher Barltrop is the vice president
of the American Security Bank, N.A. which
is based in Washington, D.C. James D.
Cole is residing in Davis, CA where he is
with Western Concentrates, Inc. William J.
Gunnel IV is based in Athens, Greece
where he is a vice president for the Kaiser
International Services Corporation. R. Lynn
Hurlbert, president of the Export-Union
Latinoamericana, Inc. recently served as
moderator on the panel at the Eighth
Annual Ocean/Air Documentation Seminar,
addressing the question of how to set up
an electronic interchange of international
trade documentation. Larry E. McCarver,
director of marketing with the Barton Valve
Company, a major fabricator of high
pressure oil valves, has been named to the
U.s. Trade Advisory Board on Energy
Exports. The board advises the Secretary of
Commerce and the U.s. Trade
representative and recommends policies for
energy technology exports and energy
marketing policies. James L. Rawn is vice
president and general manager with the
Seoul branch of the Chemical Bank in
Korea.
Class of
'71
Richard T. Iri is the president and owner
of Farrell, Iri Inc.-DBA the Framers Guild,
an art gallery and picture framing chain
with headquarters in Long Beach, CA. Jim
Kohl and his wife, Jerry, have returned
from Brazil, after spending 11 years there,
to found an electronics distributor,
representative, and export company in
Miami, servicing all of Latin America and
the Caribbean. Peggy Watson Lupton is a
financial analyst of corporate credit services
for Ethan Allen, Inc., a furniture maker
based in Danbury, CT. Robert D. Scholle
is a general manager with American
Express Bank in Cairo, Egypt. Charles J.
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Taplin is no longer with William Wrigley
of Spain and is now employed as
marketing director of U.R.M. International
in Madrid, Spain. James Wills has been
transferred from Crocker Bank's Latin
American area to Crocker Bank
International in New York, NY as the
general manager of banking.
Class of
'72
John F. Brandenburg II is the vice
president of the NCH Corporation and
resides in Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.c. Manfred
Braun has transferred from Germany to
Paris where he is area manager for
Southern Europe/North Africa with the
Hughes Tool Company. Donald P. Carson
has been elected senior vice president in
the International Banking Group with
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company of
Winston-Salem, NC. Mike Groeneveld is
the international sales coordinator of the
Ridge Tool Company, a subSidiary of
Everson Electric Company whose
headquarters are in Elyria, OH. Gary J.
Matus is vice president with Security
Pacific National Bank in San Francisco.
Ralph Miller II is currently the senior sales
representative for American Hospital
Supply based in Evanston, IL. Michael F.
O'Donnell of New York is currently a vice
president with Citibank, N.A. Michael
Smith is an aircraft manager for NASA,
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.
Lianne Sorkin is the president of Global
Speaker, Inc. whose offices are located in
New York, NY. C. Greg Wadas is with
Trade Media, Ltd., a trade journal
publishing company in Hong Kong.
Class of
'73
Donald James Bisbee has stopped
practicing law to manage his own business
partnership, Arizona Carriage, Inc., which
includes a leasing company, an auto tire
store, and a Yamaha golf cart dealership.
He is the largest private sales dealer for
Yamaha in America. Steven Bisbee is a
trial attorney working for the public
defense in Phoenix, AZ. Robert M. Dix, Jr.
is vice president and Canadian petroleum
executive with the Calgary Branch of Chase
Manhattan Bank of Canada in Alberta.
James Henderson is the president of Eagle
Vehicles, specializing in industrial battery
powered personal and cargo carriers in
Irving, TX. John T. Lampe and his wife,
Barbara, have moved to San Jose, Costa
Rica, where he has been transferred with
Firestone International. He is sales director
there for Industria Firestone De Costa Rica,
S.A. Jae Suk Lee is a manager in the
international finance department of the
Korea Development Bank in Seoul. Gary
G. Miller is a sales agent with the
Combined Insurance Company in San Luis
Obispo, CA. David H. Roberts has a new
position as vice president of Citibank, N.A.
and is currently based in Jakarta as
segment head in the Corporate Bank. J.
Michael Sale is general manager of two
factories for Electro-Coatings, Inc. in
Houston, TX, with a market area covering
the southern half of the U.S., Mexico, and
the Caribbean. Stephen Shephard is a
funeral director with Howard A.
Farnsworth in Pittsburgh, PA. Kyu H.
Shin is an instructor at the Korea
University in Seoul. Wan S. Sohn is a
manager with the Korean Traders
Association in Seoul. A new position for
Susan F. Stevens is as vice president of
investment banking products marketed in
Mexico for the Bank of America. Michael
Suarez is manager of The Bank of America,
San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Dennis A.
Velie has recently accepted new
employment and is now director of
international sales for Frost, Inc. in Grand
Rapids, MI. Daniel L. Zigal is the vice
president and managing director for the
l.C.D. Group, Inc. of New York and is
currently employed in Hong Kong where
he has worked since September of 1978.
Class of
'74
January 1, 1983, Nancy Jones Armstrong
was promoted to the VP chair at Lloyds
Bank International Limited, New York, NY.
and two weeks later began maternity leave
for her first child, expected February 20.
Egon Braun, after a successful career in
import/export trade with a European
enterprise, began medical studies at the
American University of Caribbean in 1978,
graduating in May of 1981. Dr. Braun tells
us, "My training at AGSIM has been a
great asset for which I am grateful and
proud." T-Birds succeed everywhere! Dan
Cox is employed with the Central National
Venazatana de Papel y Celulosa, C.A. of
Venezuela. Cox has recently been
promoted to the post of managing director
for the paper and forest products firm and,
effective January 2, 1983, will head the eN
office in Venezuela. Susan McLane Dudley
works for Frito-Lay Inc. of Dallas, TX. as a
distribution services manager. Bernie
Faucher is a credit manager in international
banking with Manufacturers Hanover
International Banking Corp. in Boston,
MA. Norm Huddle is a broker/exchange
counselor with Sun King Investments, a
commercial and investment real estate
concern, in Glendale, AZ. Kemp B.
Johnson joined the Central Bank for
Cooperation in Denver, CO. in early 1982
as assistant VP. His duties are as an
international credit analyst. Ralph Johnson,
after three and a half years in international
sales with Versatec Inc., a Xerox company,
was offered the opportunity to relocate to
San Diego, CA. to establish a new sales
office with the same firm, a manufacturer
of computer-aided design products. Dain
K. Lauderback is the director of marketing
communications employed by North Pacific
Grain Growers, Inc., a grain exporting firm
located in Portland, OR. Norman McIntosh
is a senior evaluation analyst in export
financing and credit insurance for the
Export Development Corporation of
Ottawa, where, he informs us, a new
T-Bird graduate has recently been hired.
Kelan S. Moore is an account executive
with Thomson McKinnon Securities, an
investment brokerage firm in Austin, TX.
Ronald G. Percival has a new position as
vice president with Chemical Bank, New
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
York, NY. Jose M. Santos has been
promoted to the position of supervisor of
the product market division for the
Caterpillar Co., responsible for Canada and
Latin America. Edward R. Secore is a
consultant in the publishing business for
the J.S. Paluch Co. in Torrance, CA.
William L. Valenti is executive vice
president for the Saehan Merchant Banking
Corp. (Chemical Bank Investment) in
Seoul.
Class of
'75
Sara K. Burgess is a senior consultant of
data processing for Alexander Grant and
Co., Dallas, TX. Jung Bae Kim is a
manager with Asia Cement Manufacturing
Ltd. of Seoul. Michael J. Bluth is a product
manager for the American Cyanamid Co.
in Wayne, NJ. Jay P. Boyd has moved
from Athens to Oxford, England where he
is a district manager for the Grove
International Corporation, responsible for
sales in six Mediterranean countries.
Christine Thompson-Doron, employed by
Cooper Industries, Inc., Houston, TX. is an
international finance analyst in charge of
exchange exposure and international cash
management. Christine is interested in
hearing from profs at AGSIM with
expertise related to these two fields.
Contact staff for address! Bradley Mark
Feinberg is a senior associate with William
G. Barker and Associates, an energy
transportation consultancy of Arlington,
TX. Michael R. Flynn has a new position
as assistant vice president of the
Independence Bank in Los Angeles, CA.
Richard E. Godfroy has recently
transferred from New England Telephone
Co. to American Bell, Inc., the Providence,
RI branch, as a marketing support
specialist. Ju-SuP Hahn is a professor at
the Chung-Ang University in Seoul. Alfred
Charles Hamburg, formerly employed by
International Harvester in Paris, has
accepted a new position as an account
officer with Citibank in Sao Paulo. Thomas
Hedges has left Buenos Aires after three
years as general manager of S.A. marketing
with Castle & Cooke, Inc. to start a new
office as northwest manager in Seattle,
WA. with Pandol Bros., a newly-formed
banana importing company. Ormand G.
Hilderbrand has been transferred to
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he is a
general manager of agricultural
development with AlkhorayefNaLmont
Industries. Veronica Marie Kludjian is an
account executive with Foote, Cone, and
Belding in New York, NY. Bruce LaMarche
has joined Arab Finagrain Agribusiness
and Trading Company (UK) Ltd. in
Geneva. John H. Miesel is an export
administration manager with Steelcase,
Inc., an office furniture concern in Grand
Rapids, MI. V. Elizabeth Perry holds a
new position as a divisional manager of
sales organization for A. L. Williams and
Associates in Wilmington, NC. Robert L.
Smith, Jr. has accepted a post as director
of product planning and marketing strategy
for European operations of The Firestone
Tire and Rubber Company, with
headquarters in Bethune, France. James B.
Styer has been named the new assistant
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
general secretary for finance and services of
the National Council of Churches in New
York, NY with responsibility for all
business services of the nation's largest
ecumenical agency. James has worked for
the NCC in various positions since 1976,
including an appointment in Guatemala
with Church World Service and as director
of financial management with the largest
unit, The Division of Overseas Ministries.
He and his wife, Beth, and their two sons
are living in Manhattan. Larry Dale Ursich
is the general manager of Continental
Airlines in Frankfurt, Germany. Peter W.
Wefel has been promoted to vice president
with Chase Manhattan Bank in Houston,
TX. James W. Whitehead, Jr., holds a new
position as vice president of operations for
Venturcorp, Inc. in Houston, TX.
Class of
'76
Jorge Colorado is a management consultant
with Dwight Staes and Company, CPAs of
Houston, TX. Edward Freeman wears two
professional hats--one as vice president of
the Freeport Trading Company and the
second as general manager of Skyland
Construction Company, both of Portland, Scott Dallllison '75 Alfred Hamburg '75
OR. Linda A. Grandstaff has a new
position as assistant vice president of the
international division with AmeriTrust in
Cleveland, OH. Sang S. Han is a manager
with the Nam Kwang Construction
Company in Seoul, South Korea.
Soquelease, a subsidiary of La Societe
Generale employs Cathleen M. Hudnall as
an assistant vice president in charge of
credit department leasing. Karl O. Kluever
is the assistant vice president operations
officer for the Bank of America in Santiago,
Chile where he lives with his wife, Pilar,
and two daughters, Andrea and Maria
Fernanda. George Marlin is the
Oregon/Alaska district manager for the Thomas Hedges '75 Robert L. Smith '75
Coca Cola Company in Bellevue, WI.
Maegene Nelson is a lending officer with
the Bank of Montreal in Houston, TX.
Pamela Papas holds a position as the
Penninsula area manager of Wine World,
Inc. She sells premium California wines
produced by Beringer with a sales territory
from South San Francisco to Carmel. Alain
Remy has recently joined Dow Chemical in
Paris where he enjoyed rapid promotion to
the position of cost accounting supervisor.
Barbara A. Silverman is newly employed
in the position of product manager for the
Welch Foods Company in Concord, MA.
Frank W. Snell is the major products
manager for Reed Irrigation Systems and Michael HennesseJ} '76 Robert G. Lees '77
for the last three years has worked in Latin
America. RIS is an Australian manufacturer
of micro-irrigation systems based in San
Diego, CA. Timothy W. Sullivan and his
wife, Vivian, have moved to Australia
where he has taken a position as area
manager for the Bucyrus-Erie Mining and
Machinery Company of South Milwaukee,
WI. Lawrence E. Travis is the new
assistant vice president and deputy
manager of the Banca Nazionale Del
Tavore in Atlanta, GA. James J. Tubridy
has just been named vice president general
manager of Banco Consolidado of
Venezuela Consolidated Bank, Hialeah, FL.
He resides in New York. Jallet Haskell-Mathieu '78
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Class of
'77
Morton Aas is assistant vice president with
Bank of America in London. William
Bennett is employed by the Steiner
Corporation in their general office in Salt
Lake City, VT. Art Brina is the vice
president of the international division for
The Princeton Group, a management
consulting firm. Kathleen (McCarthy)
Castracane has moved to Montreal where
she accepted a position as traffic manager
with Pedigree, Inc., a sportswear
manufacturer/importer in Quebec, after
working for four years as an import
specialist in Baltimore, MD. Sara Chadwick
recently left the corporate setting to initiate
an independent consulting service as a
petroleum landman to the oil and gas
industry . Sara was formerly with Aminoil
U.S.A., Inc. and has become a member of
the American MENSA Society. Yo un H.
Choi has taken a position with the Han
Yang Construction Company in Seoul,
South Korea. Diane Lee Connelly,
formerly an international trade specialist
with the office of the Governor of Arizona,
is pursuing her B.S. in Nursing at the
Arizona State University. Edward Danse is
new products manager for Scholl, Inc. in
Memphis, TN. Roy Daugherty is with
Comsat Satellite Communications in
Arlington, VA, in their World Systems
personnel department. Bob Durk is a
director of marketing with Pepsi Company
in Carrollton, TX. David Erlanger is now
~ontroller of the Mollen Lumber Company
In Los Angeles, CA. where he also resides.
Lisa Hamilton is an export marketing
manager for Del Laboratories in
Farmingdale, NY. Timothy Heinrich is a
manager for Peabody-Galion located in
Galion, OH. Charles L. Irby is the
vice-president/general manager of the Irby
Construction Company in Jackson, MS.
Scott K. Johnson has new employment
with the National Bank of Abu-DhdJ i,
Tunis Branch. Young J. Jun is with Band
Sangsa Company in Seoul, South Korea.
Arthur Kenney is the director of marketing
for Costa Cruises in New York City where
he recently ran the New York marathon in
the very respectable time of two hours
fifty-eight minutes and fifty-seven seconds.
Bravo! Jon Kranz, the assistant chef to
Michael Phillips, recently helped organize
the New York Marathon, a job involving
two weeks of full-time work. George D.
Krempley holds a new position as
marketing vice president for the INA
Corporation based in New York. Joan L.
Larson is employed by Merrill Lynch as an
account executive in New York. Scott
Learmonth and his wife, Brook 78, have
moved to Juba-il, Saudi Arabia where he
has been transferred as supervisor in the
industrial relations department of the
National Methanol Company. Robert G.
Lees has been promoted to export market
development manager of Latin America
and Asia Pacific Division with the Corning
International Corporation. He has returned
to the firm's headquarters in New York
after spending a year in Japan where he
was involved in business development.
David W. Loeb has moved to Santiago,
Chile WIth hIS WIfe Blanca and their two
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children, where he has been named
ter~itory manager for John Deere, covering
ChIle, Uruguay, and BraZIl. S.M. Miller is
continuing his career with the Department
of State as a foreign service officer,
currently assuming the responsibilities of
transportation analyst in the Office of
Maritime and Land Transport. Mark
Rousseau has started his own consulting
prachce, Rousseau and Associates, in
Chicago, IL specializing in information
systems and computing on an international
basis. St~ven R. Scott is a systems engineer
for IBM In Oakbrook, IL. Paul Tolnai is the
Western regional sales manager for the
ApplIed Solar Energy Corporation in the
City of Industry, CA. Curtis S. Ward is an
!ndustrial engineering manager with INTEL
In Chandler, AZ after leaving Chrysler
International in 1978. Millar (Joe) White III
has moved to Kirkland, WA, where he is a
sales representative for the Union Carbide
Corp., responsible for marketing industrial
and specialty gases in Washington state.
Nejib ben Yedder has left the New York
offices of S.c. Magazines Ltd. and is now
splitting his responsibilities between the
London and Paris offices of the same firm.
Class of
'78
David L. Brothers has left the Austin, TX
area on a 12 month contract to teach
training management to the miHtary in
Niirnberg, West Germany. Ann Butler is
living in Boulder, CO where she is the
senior assistant product manager in the
health and beauty aids division for
Celestial Seasonings. Margot N. Clarke is
an international sales and marketing
specialist for American Pharmaseal in
Glendale, CA, with a special field of
interest in Europe and Latin America.
Dennis M. Egge is newly employed as an
industrial analyst with the Boeing Co. in
Seattle, WA. Joan Garza is employed by
Elizabeth Arden of New Jersey where she
is the export marketing manager for Latin
America. Janet E. Haskell-Mathieu is a
manager of corporate development with
the Smithkline Beckman Corp. of
Philadelphia, P A. She is residing with her
husband Stephen in Collingswood, NJ.
Peter C. Horbye left the Ford Motor Co. in
1980 to join the investment banking field.
He is currently a portfolio manager with
Lehman Brothers Kuhn and Loeb
International. He has resided in London for
two years and plans to stay another two to
three years. Eve Marie Hutin is in London
where she has taken a position as account
officer with Banque Indosuez. Robert Alan
Johnstone is the assistant to the president
of a newly formed subsidiary in Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia, of the Boeing Co. On
December 11, 1982, Yoel Kende began a
new position as products manager in
chemical trading with the 16 D Group,
New York, NY. Paul G. King has recently
accepted a new position as a personnel
officer with the U.S. Department of
Agriculture with whom he has been
employed for the last three years. He
works and lives in Florida. Johnell J.
Kusler has recently left the Clark
Equipment Company where she was a
senior accountant, to accept a position with
the Tennant Company as accounting
manager in Minneapolis, MN. Kwansik
Lee is a marketing manager for Polaroid
Far East Ltd. in Seoul. Annick Cluzel Luke
has accepted a position as analyst in the
Investments and acquisitions divison of
Ciba-Geigy in Basle, Switzerland. Jo-Ann
Lynch is a supervisor of customer servicing
with American Cable TV in Phoenix, AZ.
Emilio Manzano is a district manager for
Paccar International of Bellevue, WA in
their .South.America division. Philip
Martmeau IS the manufacturing director of
new product management with the On an
Corporation, Minneapolis, MN. Robert H.
Mason is the manager of the Far
EastlMiddle East division of TuffKote
Dinol, a firm in Troy, MI. Service line
management and marketing are the new
responsibilities of Ruth S. McCurdy who is
employ~d by AT&T's overseas department
In Morns Plains, NJ. In Milpitas, CA,
Sandra J. McDevitt is a manager of
marketing and development for Diasonics,
a communications firm. Hanni K. von
Metzger is a trade finance coordinator with
Citibank, N.A. in Puerto Rico. In this new
position, she will be responsible for
assisting clients with their import/export
needs. W. Scott Nix is a marketing
manager with Lumonics of Tempe, AZ.
Bernard J. Ouimette has accepted a new
rosition as export director for Hilasal, a
firm for which he recently opened a New
York branch and which is recognized as an
international fashion leader in jumbo
towels, robes, and wraps. Patricia A.
Powell has left the Chicago-based
Sherwin-Williams plant to join with Gray
Drug Fair as director of accounting in
Ohio. Marcia G. Lobock-Solochek is a
market administrator with Mountain Bell in
Phoenix, AZ. The distribution and
marketing of films for Warner Brothers in
Singapore is the responsibility of R. Diane
Sherman, the company's general manager
there. Brunjulf Skaugen, after working for
two years with Ford in Cologne, is
currently employed by Peraco Chartering
Corp. as a shipbroker in Greenwich, CT.
Judy A. Vlastnik is the recently promoted
regional director for European and Middle
East distributions for Estee Lauder
International of New York. In a new
position as product director for Vicks
Health and Beauty aids is Heidi
Winkelmann who resides in Wilton, CT.
Dennis T.Y. Wong is a credit analyst with
Westminster Bank of San Francisco, CA.
Class of
'79
Young Ahn is an assistant manager with
Marine Midland Bank in Seoul. Abolfazl
Alirezaifar is a controller for Dyna
Electronics Inc., a microcomputer
manufacturer located in Sunnyvale, CA.
ACT, an electronics components distributor
located in Addison, TX has recently
employed Melody A. BaIl in a position
with inside sales. Richard A. Barasch is a
marketing field manager in the LA district
sales office for the Ford Motor Co.
C.D. Boyce has resigned from First
National Bank of Chicago and is working
as a free-lance computer consultant in
Minneapolis, MN. Michael Franckowiack
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
is the president of Superior Auto and
Mercantile, Inc. in Scottsdale, AZ. Patrick
Francois has assumed the interesting
responsibilities of manager of
import-exports with La Societe Auchan in
Velleneuve D' Aseq, France, that require
extensive worldwide travel. Stephan J.
Heim was hired in April '82 as product
manager for TDX, an automated
therapeutic drug monitoring system, for
the Abbott Laboratories in Irving, TX.
Masatoshi Inque has returned to the U.S.
from Japan and is residing in Denver, CO.
Kil W. Lee is vice president/manager of
Pfizer Korea Ltd. in Seoul. Young Ho Lee
is with the Daelim Construction Co. in
Seoul. .vicki D. Logan is writing
advertismg for Jordan Case and McGratz in
New York, NY. Peter J. Martin and Nancy
Fuhrman-Martin, who met at AGSIM, are
expecting their first child in March and
they report they may name numero uno
AGSIM Voris. Nancy is employed by Blue
Cross of Colorado as a reimbursement
specialist and Peter works in export/import
sales for Mitsubishi International Corp. in
Denver, CO. John Joseph McCague is a
manager of internatioIfal marketing with
the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation in
Pittsburgh and will be traveling throughout
Lahn Amenca to fulfill his responsibilities
in this position. Philip A. Mekrut is an
account executive for Pacific Telephone in
Orange, CA. Shoma Mukherjee is a
manager with Globe Commercial Agency, a
ShIpping and aIr cargo forwarding agency
In New DelhI, IndIa. Sang K. Oh is with
Pfizer Korea Ltd. in Seoul. Mark Payton is
currently the manager of worldwide
marketing and planning for M.W. Kellogg,
In Houston, TX. Mark's new position
represents a promotion for him, and he
reports directly to the president. Stuart
Radnofsky will assume a position
marketing home computer systems for
Atari International beginning December
1982. Ken Stratton is the director of US
operations for Lingual House Publishing,
Inc., m Tucson, AZ. publishing language
matenals to be sold in the States and in
Japan. Jin H. Yu is with Siemens Electrical
Engineering Co. in Seoul.
Class of
'80
James E. Anderson has recently completed
Chase Manhattan's credit training and was
workmg as a Francophone marketing
officer in New York for ten months. He has
been assigned, effective January 1, 1983, to
Dakar, Senegal for Chase's overseas
corporation. Jamshid Behzadi, employed
as the attache director in the textile
industry for SONITEX in Algeria extends
his wish to hear from any Thunderbird
traveling through Africa or the Middle
East. Interested " Birds in Flight" can
contact the alumni office. Patricia L. Byrne
fulfills the responsibilities of international
marketing support manager for Atex, Inc. ,
a computer firm in Bedford, CA. Mona
Rizk Carbona announces to us her new
employment as assistant property manager
for First Realty Management Corp. of
Boston. She currently resides in Roslindale,
MA. Anita Claricoates is a multinational
division officer of accounts responsibility
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
working for the First National Bank of
Chicago. Kristanne Connors is currently
workIng for DuPont as an internal auditor.
Alain Cuissart de Gaelle is an assistant
manager with Twentieth Century Fox in
Santiago, Chile. The Manufacturers
Hanover Trust has recently employed as a
loan officer and business development
specialist Jennifer C. Cusick in New York,
NY. Susan D. Eckhardt is a sales
representative for the medical laboratory
supplies firm, Monoject Scientific in S.
Easton, MA. Kent Erickson is a stock
broker/account executive with Dean Witter
Reynolds in Phoenix, AZ. Lindsey Fessler
is the corporate finance officer with the
Bank of America Commercial Credit
Corporation in Miami, FL. Melanie Hachett
Franko is employed by the Mellon Bank in
Pittsburgh as a strategic planner. Stephen
Gross, who had been working in the
international banking division of Texaco
Inc. at their New York headquarters, has
been assigned to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
where he is now assistant to the president
of Texaco Saudi Inc. Carolyn Gutbrod is a
senior credit analyst with Commerzbank
AG at their New York branch, where she
has been recently transferred from their
headquarters in Frankfurt, West Germany.
Newly employed as an international credit
analyst is Barbara L. Hochfield, working
for Manufacturers Hanover Trust. Robert
Jelderks has received a recent promotion in
the American Cyanamid Co. and is now a
marketing research analyst of agricultural
products in the Americas/Far East division .
His new position involves frequent travel
to Latin America. Judith Wertheimer
Kenley is a country credit service officer for
Venezuela, Panama, Central America and
the Caribbean, working in New York for
Chase Manhattan. After returning to his
home country of Pakistan, Saleem Yaqub
Khan took a position with the Bank of
Credit and Commerce International and is
currently working in their documentary
credits department in Cairo. He writes,
"The job is in line with my career
objectives and my studies at AGSIM. I feel
fortunate at having received an
international posting so early on in my
career ... I would be very pleased to meet
T-Bird friends residing or passing through
Cairo." Ja-Yoon Koo is an economist in the
research department of the Korea
Development Bank in Seoul. Unnur M.
Grondal Kornma},er was named a banking
offIcer In the speCIal industries services
department for Continental Bank of
Chicago, IL. Lynne C. Larson is a sales
representative/hospital specialist with the
American Hoechst Corporation, responsible
for seven teaching hospitals in Arizona.
Sujati Liptawat is with Bank of America
working in the credit division of their
Bangkok branch. Paul F. Meyer recently
left Dow Jones and Co. to become the
associate director for an international
publishers representative company, Seavex
Ltd. , based in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
Philip Miller's last 12 months have been
full of new developments. In 12/81, Miller's
second son, Christopher, was born. In
November of '82, Miller accepted the vice
presidency of finance with the White-Cube
Corporation of Santa Fe Springs, CA.
Therese M. Miller holds the position of
Shoma Mukherjee 79 Tom Mitchell '80
cash management officer for the Texas
Commerce Bank in El Paso, TX. Jeremy
Nash is an income administrator for the
Hunger Project at their international office
in San Francisco, CA. Michael O'Donnell
has accepted a position as vice president of
international banking with Citibank in New
York. Patrick Pancoast is a marketing/credit
officer for Manufacturers Hanover Trust
and was recently transferred to the Los
Angeles Edge Act branch from New York.
Salvator J. Pappalardo has been elected
assistant secretary in Manufacturers
Hanover Trust Co.'s international division
in New York, NY. Rene Pfalzgraf is
self-employed as a counselor for
self-improvement in Glendale, AZ.
Ratanowan Pruthikosit is newly employed
in the position of deputy managing director
responsIble for overall activity for the Thai
Navakli Co., Ltd. in Bangkok. Jim
Reynolds is a district sales manager in the
manufacturing field for Arvin Industries
based in Phoenix, AZ. Reynolds lives and
works in Albuquerque. John S. Rogers is
the office manager for Radio Shack
Franchise International, Latin America
division, in Fort Worth, TX. Gail Ruckel is
newly employed by Hughes Aircraft as a
management systems analyst in southern
California. She is responsible for testing
computer software in the satellites division
for Hughes and informs us that Hughes is
hiring! Yoshiaki Sahoda is the branch
administration officer for the Royal Bank of
Canada. Kathleen A. Sebastian is an
international marketing manager with
Warn International in Seattle, WA. John
W. Scott II is a vice president with G.T.
Murray and Co. , an investment firm in
Helena, MT. He is presently developing
brokerage services in their new office in
Cheyenne, WY. His wife, Marci, is
engaged in commercial art. Cletus A.
T~iebeau is an assistant operation manager
WIth the Ingersoll-Rand Financial Corp. in
Phoenix, AZ. He is living in Glendale with
his wife, Anne, and their 19 month old
daughter, Jessica. He is starting a small
business consulting corporation. Filippo G.
Turrini is a manager of bank marketing
WIth Amencan Express in Sao Paulo.
Stewart and Susan Wood are both
employed in Chicago. Stewart is a bond
futures trader with the Chicago Board of
Trade and Susan is the midwest marketing
representative for the Coffee Development
Group.
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Class of
'81
J.D. Al~e.n has left Le R.0i Dresser to accept
the position of mternational director with
the Wilden Pump and Engineering Co. in
Colton, CA. Radhika Batra Banerjee is an
international and government sales
supervisor for Jenson Tools-Axia Inc. of
Phoenix, AZ. McMaster Carr of Elmhurst,
IL has recently employed Ophelia L.
Barsketis as a sales development associate.
Carolyn M. Bondy is a consolidation
accountant for Anaconda-Ericsson of
Ridgefield, CT. Working as an export
financer for Chemical Bank in New York,
NY., Lauren A. Bonoff is responsible for
Worldwide Trade and Financial Services.
Gerry E. Chambliss is a program
administrator with the Harris Corp.
satellite communications division in
Melbourne, FL. He and his wife, Lori Lee,
have just returned from Argentina where
his company was involved in installing a
system for ENTEL, the national phone
company there. John Citti is a financial
services representative for Century 21 of
the Northeast, Inc. in New York, NY. He
wis~es "good ball" to all AGSIM ruggers.
Lam E. Clark has a new position as an
investment executive with Paine Webber in
Los Angeles, CA. S. Craig Collins is in
Brussels where he is a marketing
representative with John Deere
International Ltd. New to the position of
assistant account executive for Grey
Advertisin& of San.Francisco, CA. is Mary
F. Doan. Vice preSident of marketing for
national sales is Canteg Ergen employed by
Echosphere Corp. in Englewood, CO.
Deborah Fischer-Brown was promoted to
account executive with Ketchum
Advertising in San Francisco, CA. and is
currently working on Clorox business in
this capacity. Mark Friebel is an export
coordinator with the Verbatim Corp. of
Sunnyvale, CA. Catherine R. Gordon is a
grain merchandiser for the Continental
Grain Co. of Memphis, TN. James R.
Hailey is a self-employed concrete
contra~tor living and working in Phoenix,
AZ. TImothy J. Hanahan has accepted a
new position in the international finance
department, Citibank, NA of New York as
assistant manager. Robert Hans has been
promoted to top assistant manager for the
Royal Bank of Canada at the Hato Rey
branch, Puerto Rico. Bettina Hirsch is the
product manager for hospital products of
Jo~nson an? Johnson in Salzburg, Austria.
Ki Y. Jang IS an assistant manager with
Cltibank m Seoul. Sharon A. Johnson is a
credit analyst in training at the Bank
Dallas-Texas N.A. of Dallas, TX. Nadine
Kaplann-Wildmann is a production
m~nager for the advertising firm, the
Hiebmg Group, Inc. of Madison, WI.
Iwona Kervinen is a director of
international trade with K.V. Kervinen in
Helsinki. Thomas Joseph Mahowald is vice
president of the Berthold, Colorado Diane
Chemicals, of Boulder, CO. The Dupont
plant in Orange, TX has a newly employed
mternal auditor, Cynthia D. McNulty.
Mortada Mohamed has accepted the
position of assistant to the managing
drrector and mternational financial
controller with the International Business
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Association. Margaret (Megan) A. Morris
stopped by the alumni office on the way to
Denver where she has established
resid~nce as a s~lf-employed agentlbroker.
WOOl-Long Ng IS employed by American
Inte:nationalindustries, an engineering
tradmg frrm m Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
:vhere he is a sales manager. Jerry Norris
IS a self-employed attorney in Lincoln, NE.
Robin Pegue holds a position in
international sales and marketing with
Kero-Sun Inc. a manufacturer of portable
heaters. She is currently residing in New
Jersey after spending 2V2 months in the UK
as part of the company's international sales
development team. Sungkeun Rhee is
currently a partner of Frankie's Market in
Long Beach, CA. Teri A. Rothbauer has a
new position as a banking associate with
the Continental Bank in Chicago. Diana
Owens Schrom left her job in June at the
First City National Bank of Houston where
she was a financial analyst. She now
resides in Bogota with her husband Bill.
Deniz Selman is living and working in
Istanbul, Turkey, in his family business,
Seldem International where he is
responsible for international relations in the
marketing of imported chemicals to
Turkey. For John Deere Intercontinental
Limited, Mary L. Sliger has been
appointed administrator of governmental
and international accounts concentrating on
Latin America and the Far East. In
accepting the overseas assignment, Sliger
has become the first woman on which J.D.
International has conferred this task.
William Sloot is a marketing trainee for
NSM, a fertilizer manufacturer and
currently lives in Brussels. Kathi Steiner is
an international officer for EuropelMiddle
East territory with Security Pacific National
Bank in Los Angeles. Ellen Stromberg has
a new position as an account executive
with Dean Witter Reynolds in Berkeley,
CA. Dan ~utton is presently the manager
of International Sales for Latin America in
the steel trading division of Cargill Inc.
based in Minneapolis, MN. Cheri Tillman
holds the position of foreign trade
representative in international banking for
the Albuquerque National Bank in
Albuquerque, NM. Rick Trammel is
employed here at AGSIM as an English as
a second language instructor. Danielle
Vuong is the export/special projects
coordinator for the Frank P. Dow Co., Inc.
located in Huntington Beach, CA. Scott B.
Walker is a commercial banking officer
WIth the Societe General (French Bank) in
Houston, TX. Lynn E. Wise is newly
employed as a products manager with
Doboy Packaging in New Richmond, WI.
Class of
'82
Brent D. Amundson is working as a
marketing representative in data
communications for Tymnet, a subsidiary
of Tyms~are, in Houston. Kelly Ragan
Anerud has a new position as an
apprentice agent with New York Insurance
Co. in Phoenix. Thomas G. Behrens is
executive assistant to the president of the
American Leprosy Missions, a
not-for-profit organization based in
Bloomfield, NJ. Shelley K. Blessing tells us
she'd be happy to put up AGSIM job
'hunters if needed while in Los Angeles.
Contact alumni office for details. Erik
Bergdorf is an account executive assistant
with Grey Advertising in London. Gunnar
Boeyum is the product manager for
Inter-Nor Hotels, Oslo, where he is
responsible for marketing, project
develoPr:'ent, and personnel training. Julie
Burgess IS a manager of market planning
for Latin America with AT & T
~nternational. in Califon, NJ. Filip J. Buyse
IS the sales finance manager for the Harris
Corporation-Publication Press division,
Westerly, RI. Shu-hua Chen is a section
chief of education, training, working for
the Tunghai University business
symposium in Taiwan. K. Coleman Chuen
has accepted a position as merchandiser
with the Continental Grain Co. in
Evansville, IN. Shaun Crawley has
accepted the position of international
advertising specialist in the international
advertising department with NCR in
Dayton, OH. Benjamin G. Cruz has
accepted a position with Panelfold of
Miami in the capacity of manager,
int~rnation~l services. Joseph Dempsey is
an mternational contract negotiator with
the Santa Barbara Research Center. Theresa
Demarie is an account executive for
Mediscan of Newport Beach, CA. Todd E.
Gaermer has recently assumed the
r~sponsibiliti.es of.t~c~nical sal~s rep for the
films/packagmg diVISIOn of Umon Carbide
in New England and upstate New York.
Gaertner lives in Nashua, NH. Elizabeth
Griot is a credit analyst with Union Bank,
and is residing in Pacific Palisades, CA.
Jacques R. Gohier is employed by Eli Lilly
Corp. in Indianapolis, IN as an
international personnel associate in their
pharmaceuticals division. Mark Golodetz is
a marketing manager in the animal feed
business employed by Delta Commodities,
Inc. of Harvey, LA. Janet L. Gray has
recently accepted a new position as
financial analyst in computer
manufacturing for the Burroughs
Corporation of Pasadena, CA. Peter B.
Harwood is a project administrator/field
consultant employed by Exploration Data
Consultants, Inc. of Denver. EDC is a
geophysical exploration firm. Harwood has
recently returned from Morocco and
Ethi?pia where he was on assignment.
DaVId E. Henderson is an immigration
attorney with the David Grey Law firm in
Hollywood. Francis Clark Jones is an
export manager working in Gardenia, NC
for H. Beveridge and Co., a textile
machinery parts firm. Deborah Kaufman is
a Eurodollar broker with Lasser-Marshall in
New Yo~k. Scott R. Keeler is a purchasing
agent WIth Woodstuff Manufacturing in
Phoenix. Paul Reinhold Kern is an area
administrator, Latin America and Asia, for
SmIth and Wesson of Springifeld, MA.
Paul says, "my experience at Thunderbird
prepared me to accept immediate
responsibility soon after graduation." Aara
Killian is an export manager with Alimenta
USA, peanut brokers of Camilla, GA.
Ch.ristin.e L. Knight is newly employed as
a finanCial analyst for the commercial
helicopter and R&D division with Hughes
Helicopters of Culver City, CA. Steven J.
Kutcher is a manager of international
THUNDERBIRD SPRING 1983
accounting with the International
Multifoods Corp. in Minneapolis, MN. Tim
A. Little is an internal auditor for
Mo